Welcome to Allpar. 1983 was the first year of the domestic A-465 5-speed transaxle and the improved cable-shifting. Before that was the A-460 4-speed manual transaxle.
The stick-shift take-rate was low compared to automatics in the higher-end K-E cars like 400/600, LeBaron, Caravelle (FWD), etc. I would estimate about 98%+ were automatics. Most dealers ordered automatics only and a stick-shift car would be a special order or an oddity.
Sticks were more plentiful in the lower-end (base) Omni/Horizon, Aries/Reliant, etc.
Stick-shift minivans are rare.
The stick-shift take-rate was low compared to automatics in the higher-end K-E cars like 400/600, LeBaron, Caravelle (FWD), etc. I would estimate about 98%+ were automatics. Most dealers ordered automatics only and a stick-shift car would be a special order or an oddity.
Sticks were more plentiful in the lower-end (base) Omni/Horizon, Aries/Reliant, etc.
Stick-shift minivans are rare.