More doors 1965 Biscayne inline 6 with three on the tree on Kijiji MB

pontorquer · Poncho Master!

More doors 1965 Biscayne inline 6 with three on the tree on Kijiji MB

Winnipeg · Addicted!

That would be a fun car to sport around in

65 SD L79 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

i would take the peddles , front fenders and the frame then scrap the rest

65 SD L79 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

MC wrote:
Looks like a nice deal if it's not rotten underneath.
I dunno... I see guys dissing six cylinders and 3-on-the-tree, but I kinda think... isn't this why we like old cars? Old, crude, clunky, but unique and part of history? Two less cylinders and one less gear and it's junk?
To each his own, I suppose.

as posted in the wanted ads i am looking for a 65 or 66 frame for my 66 Pontiac

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Do you want it checked out Kevin? It's about 45 minutes from me. Our son is a teacher there, I could get him to take a peek at it too.

65 SD L79 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

4SPEED427 wrote:
Do you want it checked out Kevin? It's about 45 minutes from me. Our son is a teacher there, I could get him to take a peek at it too.

Thanx Carl for the offer. I m hoping to find some closer to home

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

70 SS ACADIAN wrote:
as posted in the wanted ads i am looking for a 65 or 66 frame for my 66 Pontiac

I get it. Good deal if it's not rotten, though I've seen frames pop up here from time to time that would save you the trouble of stripping what looks like a decent car. Good luck.

-- Edited by MC on Thursday 27th of May 2021 05:27:56 AM

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

It looks to be not bad for the $$$ (but who knows what evil lurks beneath furious ).

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

If we happen to get that way I'm curious enough about it to make me go look at it!

Winnipeg · Addicted!

I think it's a great Sunday cruiser. If I had room, I'd be curious myself. I know it's a bit boring, but I love a 3 on the tree

pontorquer · Poncho Master!

How hard is it to shift on the column ?

67Poncho · Uber Guru

pontorquer wrote:
How hard is it to shift on the column ?

Easy peezy. Personally, I like driving them. Not all cars have to be automatics, 3-speeds, 4-speeds or 5 and 6 speeds. I am lucky to have 1 of each (or more) here. When I do my next conversion, my last was putting a '96 5.0L Vortec from a pickup, a 5-speed from a '98 S-10 into my '78 Phoenix and adapting the hydraulic actuator from a 2001 Grand-Am, it will be a tremec 6-speed into a one of my '67-'70 b-body's. My '58 Yeoman has the LT1 and ZF 6-speed from a '94 'Vette.

As obvious, some people don't like them but that's what makes us to each their own.

3 on the tree.jpg

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Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

They are easy as long as the linkage is adjusted propertly. If not they tend to bind between shifts. My 54 Chevy did this until I adjusted the linkage to the letter of the shop manual and it was great after that.

pontorquer · Poncho Master!

Thanks Vincent, you sure have some real neat project you mechanical genius you ...

Todd, I heard of this linkage problem in the past as well ...

I sure miss my 4 speed M20

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-- Edited by pontorquer on Thursday 27th of May 2021 11:16:42 AM

65 SD L79 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

set of 411 gears and you could go with out 1st

DonSSDD · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Rev the hell out of it in first and quick shift to second was when you found out something was amiss.

A good theft deterrent as most thieves would not know how to drive one one these.

pontorquer · Poncho Master!

More and more, a lot of people don't know how to drive standard manual shift cars anymore and less and less are built :(

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

The only one I've had was in a '60 Bel Air, and it did bind up occasionally (was too dumb to know about adjusting it properly). I had great fun driving it as it was so different from the other cars I had at the time ('70 Coronet 318 automatic, '84 Honda CRX with 1.5 L? and 5-speed, '92 Mustang 5.0 coupe 5-speed). Each of those cars were a different driving experience, but I used to say that the '60 Chev with its manual steering and 3-on-the-tree was the only one that was fun to drive slow (lol). The six had enough torque to keep up with traffic but to do it with the manual steering and column shift you had to hone your technique and think ahead more than any other car I've driven. Just driving it around town, and doing it well, was its own challenge.

I suspect most younger people don't even know a 3-speed manual on the column ever even existed, and probably just think they are automatics when they see them... unless they happen to notice the extra pedal.