Did 3 speed standard A Body's come with in dash "reverse light"?

richy rich said

Thank You for your input!!
The car im inquiring on is in fact a 71 340 3 speed Demon.Truth be told I forgot Demon's came with 3 speeds,but they did!Although Im sure most were sold with auto,or the optional 4speeds.On the car Im looking at Neither auto or 4sp is on the fender tag and there is no reverse light in the dash so Im guessing its a fact 3 speed stick car...as it is a fact stick car!

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in a 71 demon .....auto and 4 speed were extra cost options so if you ordered the car new and didn't want to pay extra over the base price then you got a 3 speed as standard which is why many people refer to manually shifted cars as "standards" because most cars in the 60s and 70 got 3 speeds as "standard" equipment when the original purchaser didn't want to add any extra cost options.

calling a 4 speed as a "standard" is a common misnomer because very very few cars ever had a 4 speed as "standard" with the base price ....typically the 4 speed was always extra cost so there was nothing "standard" about it because the original purchaser had to specify a 4 speed and pay extra.

exceptions are the 69 dart swinger 340 and the 68 Plymouth roadrunner which came "standard" with a four speed, if you didn't specify, that is what you got. However on those models, if you wanted the auto torqueflight on the column, you would have had to specify and pay extra. Standard equipment varied over model and over the years.