>Ok- now I'm curious. Someone has a listing for an AUTOMATIC
transmission for
>a 65 Spit on ebay (#1803972763). I've seen auto trannies
mentioned briefly
>in a couple of Triumph books, but no real info to speak of. The
pic on the
>auction looks rather like an OD with a sealed shifter rail.
Anybody know
>about these? Think about it- in the spring you'd never be
scratching your
>head trying to remember where reverse disappeared to over the
winter! *grin*
>
>Jon
>'77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller"
>www.bigolbear.com
That's a lame excuse if I ever heard one for something as silly as
an automatic swap! (I got into Nigel after not having been inside
or seen a Spitfire in over 4 years and knew *exactly* where
reverse was.) Nope, you'll have to do better than that to convince
me (or a lot of people for that matter.)
Now, a friend of mine has an elderly dad who has been a
Triumph/Sports Car enthusiast since before most of us were born.
This dad has a lovely, early TR6-since it was new, I think (or
close to it.) THe car is all original (and beautifully kept) but
for one thing-this elderly gentleman had a stroke a few years back
and because of it, he wasn't able to drive a stick anymore. He
could still drive a standard-but he really missed his TR. So his
son converted it to automatic and until very recently, dad was
still driving it! (It even has a small bagde in script on the
back-similar to the "Overdrive" one found on round tails-that says
"Automatic") Now, it's going to the old man's grand daughter as
her college graduation present. (And she's a little gear head
herself! A remarkable family!)
That is the sort of reason for converting. Otherwise it's like
engine swaps in Spitfires and Hummer strech limos-all I can do is
shake my head and say, "Why?!"
Just my two sou's,
Laura G.
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