Yep, I wish that mine had that feature. Someone makes a 5-speed conversion but it’s expensive to buy new, I might search for a used one or a factory overdrive.
Work on the car progresses, the brakes went in yesterday. All of the brake hoses were replaced, generally speaking they should be changed every 10 years but nobody does it. Kind of like changing out the brake fluid, 99% of vehicles on the road never get it done.
These were kind of old, though:
So, all new stuff: