A 1938 Nash I once owned had the tranny accessible from above. Except in
that car, the "tunnel" cover was a flat plate....
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 04:18 AM 11/6/01 , Richard Gosling wrote:
>I'm not sure it's a particularly British thing, as I've never met it on any
>car other than those in the Herald/Spitfire/GT6 family. It's certainly not
>present on MGBs or Midgets - but they are monocoque, rather than having a
>separate chassis, so having a big hole where the transmission cover goes
>would damage stiffness and structural integrity. As for other chassis-based
>cars - well, I haven't seen enough to be able to make much comment...
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