Here's a dash-mounted 3-speed manual, alive and well at a local playground.
A last hurrah for the manual transmission
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No indicator though, must be for future BMW owners.I can hear my son whaling "What does that do Daddy"
Even included engine temp and fuel gauge.
Time to take a die grinder and add gears to the shifting pattern. 
Of course I wanted oil pressure and a voltmeter as well.I can hear my son whaling "What does that do Daddy"
Even included engine temp and fuel gauge.
If they were trying to replicate the old 3-on-the-tree (though they didn't get the shift pattern quite right) as found in my '63 Biscayne, there must be no synchro into 1st!Time to take a die grinder and add gears to the shifting pattern.
What, no 4th and 5th?
4th and 5th on the column sounds weird to us here (in North America), but during our year in NZ I did drive two vans (Mitsu Delica and Toyota HiAce) with column-mounted 5-speed shifters. I liked them.
But apparently 6-speed MTs have around for a while now. I haven't driven one yet.
R is for 'Race'.
Uh most manuals now are at least 6 speed. Donut right or don't do it at all.
And I remember when 5-speeds were a big deal ...
The first one I remember is the '75 Toyota Corolla SR5. My '71 Corolla 1600 with the 4-speed didn't have a tach. I bet it was revving pretty high at 60 MPH.
We have one remaining MT vehicle in the extended family - a 2009 Mazda5 with a 5-speed. The 2nd gen was available with a 6-speed MT. I'd like to at least drive one.
Yeah my 95 Ford truck came with a 5 speed and no tach. Thankfully you can easily add one with junk yard parts. Now if only the manual trucks didn't come with 2.73 rear ends...And I remember when 5-speeds were a big deal ...
The first one I remember is the '75 Toyota Corolla SR5. My '71 Corolla 1600 with the 4-speed didn't have a tach. I bet it was revving pretty high at 60 MPH.
We have one remaining MT vehicle in the extended family - a 2009 Mazda5 with a 5-speed. The 2nd gen was available with a 6-speed MT. I'd like to at least drive one.
My 2016 Mazda 6 has a 6 speed and i do like it but the throttle response really kills the amount of joy I could be having with it.
I think Ford trucks of that era used a Mazda MT. We likely had the same in our late, great 1990 MPV van. Very nice shifting.
Too bad about the 2.73; whatever rear end the MPV had, it buzzed along quite happily at 2500 RPM in 5th at 100 kph (62 mph).
The good old days of 3 on the tree or 4 on the floor.
2-3 years ago my nephew bought his first car, a '99 F-150xl with the 3.8 windsor, and 5 speed... IIRC when i was looking things about it up, it is a Mazda box, also used in the Ranger.