Three on the tree! Loved those things. Had an old truck with one that looked horrible but drove great! It had plywood on the floorboards to cover the rust...lolDad taught me to drive, at a way too early age, on a '58 Plymouth. Three on the tree manual. I passed Driver's Ed in about ten minutes.
All the cars I drove when I first got my license were manuals. Fiat with a 4-speed, old Benz with another 3 on the tree. Only mom's Vista Cruiser was an automatic.
To this day I prefer manual transmissions. Current car has a six-speed MT, wife's car is automatic.