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[[File:3ontree.jpg|thumb|300px|right|3-on-tree shifter]]
==Definition==

3-on-tree is slang for a three speed standard transmission, which has its shifter on the [[steering column]] as opposed to a [[floor shifter]]. Prior to the advent of the [[automatic transmission]], most American automobiles used a 3-speed [[manual transmission]]. Originally the shifter was mounted on the floor's [[transmission tunnel]], but in the 1930s the shifter started moving up to the steering column as both a convenience and permit three people in the front seat. Three speed manual transmissions was the base transmission offered in all but luxury cars through the 1970s -- before fading away in favor of automatic transmissions becoming the standard offering.

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