This 3-speed trans is gonna have to go...
You guys are making a lot of ASSumptions here.
You posted a thread whining about how your car is "a chore to drive" because it has manual steering and a non-synchro 1st gear, on a forum geared toward classic performance vehicles. Did you really expect to hear that your bone stock 3-on-the-tree /6 Valiant is the hardest car to drive on the forum?
And yes, I really do drive my '74 Duster with 16:1 manual steering, manual brakes, no-a/c, and 4 speed on the floor almost everyday. I drive in the rain, sometimes even in the SNOW, although here in California lately I probably log a lot more time when its 110* F out. If I need to go somewhere, that's what I drive. To work, to the store, wherever. And no, I will not even concede that your car is harder to shift because it has a non-synchro 1st gear, because mine has a kevlar/ceramic clutch and only pulls 10 mmHG of vacuum at idle. Double clutching doesn't help me any. I don't drive anything newer than it, because I don't OWN a car newer than 1974, and haven't since I bought my '72 Challenger in 2008. Yes, I also drive my '72 Challenger, which does have power steering and an automatic transmission. But in the last year or so the Duster has been the daily, and will continue to be as long as the car is willing and I can keep her supplied with 91 octane. It's just too much fun!
And I would be willing to bet that there are quite a few members on this forum, that although they are not currently daily driving their classics, have still logged a lot more seat time than you have in cars that are just as much of a "chore" to drive as your Valiant. Plenty of little old lady's drove manual steering 3 on the tree cars, because that's what there was.