In a message dated 10/22/00 8:23:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:
> I thought the Twin Cam gearbox had a
> flanged output coupling similar to the 1600 gearbox, and that the Magnette
> gearbox had a sliding spline output coupling like the 1500 units, and of
> course the Magnette had the clutch lever up top.
It does, and the Maggot does. The Twincam used only the front case from the
Magnette. No idea why.
BTW, far from being a variant, the Twincam was the true pur sang MG, the rest
were just fodder produced for the masses to keep the doors open so that the
Twincams could be produced and find homes with the truly worthy!
Bill
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