3-on-the-tree

Noun

 * 1)  On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the late - 1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.
 * Mother and Father learned to drive in a car with a 3-on-the-tree.
 * Mother and Father learned to drive in a car with a 3-on-the-tree.