The tunnel got wider to accommodate the automatic transmission, a Borg
Warner type 35.
The factory V8 used the standard MG 4 syncro transmission.
The C is a different body ... Well sorta ....
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Dan DiBiase
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:12 AM
> To: Paul Root
> Cc: Max Heim; MG List
> Subject: Re: Will a 74 engine fit a 77B?
>
>
> Paul, my only point here was that I believe the
> widening/changing of the transmission tunnel was due to the
> 'C' being introduced, not the 'V8'... And I'm not sure the
> factory would change the car simply to accomodate Ken Costello!
>
>
> --- Paul Root <proot@iaces.com> wrote:
> > Umm, Ken started in the early '70s (late '60s) putting the V8 in.
The
> > first factory BGTV8s were CBB.
> >
> > Dan DiBiase wrote:
> >
> > > Or probably the 'C' engine and trans, as I'm not sure the V8 was
even a
> > > twinkle in Ken Costello's eye at that point....
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