# Q about steering-column-mounted gear shifts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-steering-column-mounted-gear-shifts/131614>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-steering-column-mounted-gear-shifts/131614 "2002-10-10T01:18:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-steering-column-mounted-gear-shifts/131614/21 "2002-10-13T00:51:16Z")

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Checker Marathon. Thousands were made with four on the tree. Maybe hundreds of thousands. Knew a guy wanted a four on the tree for his truck, got the column off a Marathon and it worked, well, OK, after a lot of bodging. Allows you four speeds and a middle passenger in the pickup.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-steering-column-mounted-gear-shifts/131614/22 "2002-10-13T01:14:08Z")

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That was it, **Billy Rubin** , not a Hudson. A friend of mine had one. It used to be a taxi in Chicago. He also had a Powell pickup. What a wierdo. 🙂  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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