Re: Easier to drive: shift on the floor or column?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/7/17 16:29:35

I can think of several European cars that had 4 forward speed shifters on the column, the 2 liter Triumph roadsters 1948 to 50, and some postwar Singers come to mind. First gear was where reverse would normally have been on a 3-speed and the others followed in the usual pattern. There was always some sort of interlock for Reverse, in the Triumph it was done by pulling outward on the knob at the end of the column, pushing the stick rearward and down. Column shift with 4-forward speeds was more common than you might think.