On Fri, 22 Mar 1996 ejm03@health.state.ny.us wrote:
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> Need to pick the collective knowledge of the group. I picked up, for free,
> two transmissions that look like MGA 1500's but are different.
>
> One is a three speed with two shift levers on the side cover. Have been told
> this is for the Metropolitian. It bolts up to a 1500 MGA engine very nicely.
>
> The other one looks like the rare MGA close ratio box and bolts up to the
> 1600 MGA engine (high starter motor position). It is a four speed with
> standard gear ratios. The interesting part is that the clutch slave cylinder
> is mounted on top of the bell housing rather than on the side and the clutch
> fork sticks up through the top. What manner of old British iron did this go
> in?
>
> Both have had the advantage of outdoor storage for at least a decade or two,
> so are good only for parts but I am curious, A column shift MGA - rare
>factory
> experiment for the US market?;-) ;-)
>
> Gene Myszkowski 1959 MGA 1500 roadster on the road
> ejm03@health.state.ny.us 1959 MGA 1600 coupe on the track
>
>
Top slave bellhousings were used on Z type Magnettes and curiously on
the Lotus Elite (Coventry Climax engine). I am not sure of this but yhey
may have been used in the Twin Cam. Keith Holdsworth, holdswo@io.org
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