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Offline hotrod24

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3 speed known as three on the tree
« on: January 23, 2010, 12:13:42 pm »
ok my question, is when did gm stop making 3 speeds on the coulmn. i know 67-72 and on but when did it stop and some 73-78
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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2010, 12:16:32 pm »
I'm not posistive but I think 1986
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Offline hotrod24

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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 12:27:56 pm »
wow lol thanks the reason, i asked is because i am looking for a three speed its old school but i have been looking at 67-72 or i guess i can look fo a 73-86
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Offline zieg85

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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 12:37:25 pm »
Good luck in your search.  I could not find a good used one for my 86 which the colar is broke and the PO put a crappy floor shifter in.  I have given up, found a floor shift column and switching to a 4 speed.  I am with you on liking the old school.
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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2010, 04:12:06 pm »
i drove a '72 three speed on the column for a boss when i was a teenager--doing yard work, etc... I loved that truck.  I'd rest my right arm on the shifter while driving...quite comfortable.
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Offline Layne

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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2010, 04:31:39 pm »
I got a few people when I still had mine in. They thought it was an auto. It was fun, but I think my trucks got a 4.11 in there b/c I was runnin about 4500 at 55mph
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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2010, 05:10:50 pm »
Quote from: zieg85 on January 23, 2010, 12:37:25 pm
Good luck in your search.  I could not find a good used one for my 86 which the colar is broke and the PO put a crappy floor shifter in.  .

Sounds about right. I had an 86 2wd with a 4.3 and a hurst on the floor. It still had the shifter on the colunm but who knows if it worked.
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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2010, 08:11:04 pm »
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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2010, 09:27:20 pm »
I bought a new 81'  Custom Deluxe C-10 SWB with a I6-250 and the 3 on the tree....so I know they had them in 1981! If only I would have kept her!
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Offline Torque454

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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2010, 10:09:55 pm »
I have a 79 that WAS 3 on the tree. I yanked the column out and put in an automatic column and a TH400. The column shifter was worn out and I didnt want to cut a hole in the floor for a floor shifter.
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Offline Marc

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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2010, 09:58:04 am »
1987.  I have a SWB with a 4.3 FI and column shift.
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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2010, 10:15:18 am »
my 83 had the 3 on the tree, i leaarnd how to drive it when i was 9 it was awesome, i still have the coulm actually im converting it to a 4 on the floor 8)
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Re: 3 speed known as three on the tree
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2010, 07:22:28 pm »
AFAIK, 3 on the tree was available until 1987.
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