This car will have a BW DG250 automatic gearbox and bellhousing. If you've
ever wanted to make your healey an Automatic, this is the car to get. The
gearbox is excellent, one of the best they ever put in a British car of the
era, shifts well and is miserly with fuel on the freeway.
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Peter & Veronica
<greylinn at ozemail.com.au>wrote:
> ...my V6 BN1 has Wolseley (6/110) front discs/calipers, swivel pins/stub
> axles/hubs (hence the disc wheels) and diff (the autos had the 3.54) The
> stub axles are heavier than the Healey ones (still use angular thrust ball
> bearings, but outer one is bigger than BN1) $200 is worth it for the 3.54
> diff!
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter Linn
> Brisbane Oz
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Dimmock [Healey]
> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 2:49 PM
> To: Healeys
> Subject: [Healeys] Wolseley 6/99 healey spares car on ebay in Little Rock,
> Arkansas
>
>
> Guys,
> There is a Wolseley 6/99 sedan for sale on eBay in Little Rock, Arkansas at
> the moment.
> They have a 2.9 litre C series engine. This one is an auto. it's a mess.
> Ebay item number 280714483416 http://bit.ly/rdzhxU
>
> Wolseleys were pretty common here in Australia - many Healeys have engine
> blocks/ cranks etc which were originally fitted to Wolseleys, as well as
> generators, starter motors/ various lucas electricals...
>
> *"*Austin Westminster A99: ADO10 (Austin Drawing Office 10).* *Rally driver
> Pat Moss's legendary outright win on the 1960 Liege- Rome- Liege rally
> would
> not have happened if Syd Henson from Ferodo had not stolen the gearbox
> drain
> plug from his Westminster to keep Pat's Healey on the road. Pat's future
> husband the great Eric Carlson then followed her all the way in an A99.
> This
> was not uncommon, many parts were shared between the Westminster and Healey
> and A99s or 6/99s were sometimes entered into events as competitive cars;
> to
> be driven by mechanics and sacrificed if the leading Healeys needed a
> part." http://www.co-oc.org/A99.html
>
> Also see http://www.co-oc.org/699.html
>
> Not all parts are useable or interchangeable - diff housing and axles are
> slightly wider than healey - rear engine plate has the starter on the
> 'wrong
> side' etc
>
> But the block & internals, diff centre, generator and starter etc etc are
> interchangeable/ identical. My BJ8 has Wolseley front shocks.
> At no bids, and $200 opening, with less than 2 days to go, if I had a pre
> BJ8 3000, lived near Little Rock, and needed a spare engine, spare diff
> centre, some front shock cores, some Lucas spares, (which are going to give
> negative camber and have what we call 'competition shock valves' and
> associated Healey compatible stuff) - and a trailer, and somewhere to wreck
> it out......
>
> Best
>
> Chris
> Sydney Autralia
> No financial interest, just trying to help someone to see into the "BMC
> parts bins" we often talk about.....
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