The machinery was made of an E Blue box-oven machine, inspired by a General Motors rear axle, powered by an external electric motor and heated by floor-mounted gas burners.

A traditional center console with a floor-mounted shifter was installed on cars equipped with bucket seats.

This became an increasing rarity in the auto industry during the 1960s and ' 70s, but was an appreciated feature among rally drivers who could change gears faster than with a floor-mounted lever.

The gear change was floor-mounted.

Sonett V4s also sported a few oddities compared to standard American sports cars like GM's Corvette, such as front wheel drive ; a freewheeling clutch that disengaged automatically whenever the engine speed fell below a certain threshold ( that is, the accelerator pedal was no longer pressed ); and a column-mounted shifter, rather than a typical floor-mounted shifter.

A three-speed manual transmission with column shift was standard equipment as in previous years but the floor-mounted four-speed manual with Hurst shifter was dropped from the option list for 1970 as were the Strato bucket seats and center console previously offered on coupes.

A floor-mounted three-speed manual transmission was standard equipment with the V6 on the base model and the three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic was optional.

Slight interior cosmetic changes were also implemented for each new model year, and a full-length center console with floor-mounted shifter was available as an extra-cost option with the Strato bucket seats from 1968 to 1970, though few Toronados were so ordered.

The heavy-duty floor-mounted three-speed manual transmission was now standard with the Muncie M-20 and M-21 four-speeds optional, all with Hurst shifters.

Four-speed transmissions with floor-mounted shifters were sometimes referred to as " four on the floor " during the period when the steering column was the more common shifter location.

The initial Corvair had been positioned as an economy car, but it was much more successful with the plusher trim and sportier image of the Monza model that included bucket seats and a floor-mounted transmission shifter, which sold around 144, 000 units by 1961 — starting a trend toward sportier cars with bucket-seats in all sizes from compacts to full-size cars.

( The next year, a floor-mounted, fully synchronized four-speed manual was added.

Transmissions included a standard three-speed manual with column shift, four-speed manual with floor-mounted Hurst shifter or a two-speed automatic ; the latter was a version of Buick's Super Turbine 300.

For both years, the standard Supreme engine was Oldsmobile's 330 cubic-inch " Ultra High Compression " Jetfire Rocket V8 rated at with a four-barrel carburetor with transmission offerings including a standard three-speed manual with column shift, floor-mounted four-speed manual with Hurst shifter or a two-speed Jetaway automatic.

Available at extra cost with the bucket seats was a center console with floor-mounted shifter for which the Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission could also be had with the Hurst Dual-Gate shifter commonly found in the division's musclecar, the Oldsmobile 442.

There was a choice of floor-mounted or column-mounted gear change.

Optional on all Tempest and LeMans models except station wagons was a Sprint package that included a hopped-up four-barrel version of the 230 CID OHC six that also included higher compression ratio and hotter cam, resulting in 207 horsepower, along with an " all-syncro " floor-mounted three-speed transmission

To create the first generation xB, the bB was modified from right-to left-hand drive, the front passenger area was also changed significantly with the bB's front bench seat replaced with bucket seats and the column-mounted shifter changed to a floor-mounted shifter.

Mated to either of these engines were the choice of a standard four-speed IB4 or optional five-speed MTX-III manual transmission ( which was the standard, and only option for the diesel engine variant ), or the optional 3-speed FLC automatic with a floor-mounted shift lever.

A new and rarely ordered option this year was a floor-mounted four-speed manual transmission.

A four-speed box with a floor-mounted gear lever was available at extra cost on the four-cylinder models, although it was included in the overall package for buyers of the Victor 3294 cc estate.

The floor-mounted lever was set well forward to enable it to remain clear of the bench front seat which was standard in the 1599 cc versions.

The buttons were replaced by conventional steering column-or floor-mounted shift levers in all automatic Chrysler-built vehicles for the 1965 model year, though floor levers were available in certain sporty 1964 models.

The Matic's gearbox has the same dimensions as does the manual transmission, and is fitted with a torque converter and a planetary gear train with two gear ratios which are selected by a traditional, floor-mounted gear lever.

This version had an extended ( by 2 in / 51 mm ) wheelbase, which allowed more space in the rear compartment as well as improving the roadholding, a floor-mounted gear lever.

Unlike the VW transmission's floor-mounted stickshift, the Renault's transmission was controlled by three dash-mounted buttons.

Programmable power supplies also come in a variety of forms including modular, board-mounted, wall-mounted, floor-mounted or bench top.

Large restaurants that wish to offer multiple flavors can either use floor-mounted multi-flavor machines with multiple five liter stainless steel barrels or use carbon dioxide-based machines that mix the flavors during dispensing.

In this original floorplan, a service counter dominates the interior, with a preparation area against the back wall and floor-mounted stools for the customers in front.

Transmissions were either a 3-speed manual or 3-speed automatic with either column or floor-mounted shifters.

A floor-mounted shifter ( for the four-speed ) featured only a rubber boot and no console so that a bench seat could be used.

A jib crane is a type of crane where a horizontal member ( jib or boom ), supporting a moveable hoist, is fixed to a wall or to a floor-mounted pillar.

This took the place of the floor-mounted shift lever, but required conventional clutch actions.

To help adapt the car to U. S. market tastes, the Sonett III featured a floor-mounted shifter ( instead of the Sonett V4 column-mounted shifter ) and optional dealer-installed air conditioning.

However, customers could purchase a Biscayne with any of Chevrolet's high-output big-block V8 engines and performance-oriented transmissions, including the floor-mounted 4-speed manual transmission with Hurst shifter and low-ratio final drive.

The same assortment of three-and four-speed manual transmissions were carried over from previous years with Hurst shifters used on floor-mounted three-speeds and all four-speeds.

In a " pump-circulated " system the storage tank is ground-or floor-mounted and is below the level of the collectors ; a circulating pump moves water or heat transfer fluid between the tank and the collectors.

Hurst shifters were now standard equipment with floor-mounted manual transmissions including the optional heavy-duty three-speed, M-20 wide-ratio four-speed or M-21 close-ratio four-speed.

Early R5s used a dashboard-mounted gearshift ( the gearbox is in front of the engine )— later replaced with a floor-mounted shifter.

Console-mounted shifters are similar to floor-mounted gear shifters in that most of the ones used in modern cars operate on a horizontal plane and can be mounted to the vehicle's transmission in much the same way a floor-mounted shifter can.

A floor-mounted gear stick in a modern passenger car with a manual transmission