Kai,
I'm not knowledgable with this box, but have some books at home wherein
these gearboxes are mentioned as being part of real classic cars. Some
people hated the boxes in these times I can remember of the stories, because
it was not always clear what the next pre-selected gearnumber would be.
Especially in the current busy traffic I can imagine this type of box would
not be easy to drive with.
Try to find the American author Ralph Stein via the Internet. Perhaps he
might be able to help.
Good luck!
Cheers,
Hans
-----Original Message-----
From: Kai M. Radicke [mailto:kmr@pil.net]
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:26 AM
To: MG List
Subject: Wilson Preselector Gearbox
While this may be a bit more oriented for the pre-war list, I happen not to
be on the list... so I hope someone here will now the answers to the
following questions.
How does the this gearbox work mechanically? I know the concept. Also,
what other vehicles was it used it. How many gears did the gearbox have?
How come this type of gearbox didn't evolve further, or become more popular?
I think that is all, for some reason had a daydream about driving home in a
K3 today and was trying to figure out the logistics of the gearbox
operation.
Cheers,
Kai
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