Looks like I derailed a train here
I'm a sucker for the combo of straight-6 and 3-on-the-tree. Have owned and enjoyed a few of the AMC family of i6 engines, not all with column shift though.
1972 AMC Gremlin with 4.2L/258
1974 International Harvester Scout with the AMC 4.2L/258
1988 AMC Eagle Wagon 4x4 with the 4.2L/258
1962 Rambler American Custom wagon with the 196 flathead
1953 Willys Aero Falcon with the Lightning 161 flathead
These were all old cars by the time I owned them. Affordable and DIY maintainable "beater with a heater" cars. Operated the wipers on the Rambler American with string through the wing windows driving it through snow in Flagstaff, AZ once. There's some irony to vacuum wipers sucking, but not literally sucking enough when the engine is under load! If I can be thankful for some of the other great advancements in the auto industry, electric intermittent wipers, good lighting, backup cameras and sensors, and better plastics for motorcycle body panels are among those things. I'm still trying to convince a few people with neck mobility issues to use the backup camera screen in their newer cars rather than doing the sign of the cross and throwing it in reverse like they've adapted to...
My experience with the latest Fords such as the Escape and Bronco is that the high-beam does come on automatically but they also do a great job of turning down or otherwise not shining at oncoming traffic or the back of the car in front of you so long as they have lights on for it to track. I really don't like the gear select dial on those models, even with an electronically controlled transmission I don't think there's a good excuse for it to have a dial control.
The IH Scout II could have used LED taillights like the trail has. Got rear ended TWICE commuting on foggy days.