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That Dolomite box was also essentially the same box used in the early four=
-speed TR7s; again, the ratios are pretty much identical. For warranty and/=
or rebuilt-exchange at some point "back then," it would not have been too s=
urprising to have had BL supply a gearbox that might have originated in ano=
ther car. And the same could have happened any time since. Maybe 20 years a=
go or so, it was often cheaper (even with shipping) to buy a rebuilt gearbo=
x from England than to have one rebuilt here in the US. That's how a Triump=
h Toledo gearbox ended up in a friend's MkIV Spitfire; again, virtually ide=
ntical boxes. (I know this because I helped my friend purchase and install =
that Toledo gearbox, to replace a tired, non-synchro-first box from an earl=
ier Spitfire. (He was very happy with the improvement!)
--AndyAndrew Mace
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From: Roger Elliott <elliottr@rmi.net>
Thanks Andy!
That is interesting - you wouldn't think a Dolomite 1850 HL transmission =
would be the most likely of candidates to be transplanted into a GT6 in Kan=
sas, since I don't think they were imported much if at all.
I wouldn't mind having a Dolomite Sprint.....=C2=A0=20
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On 7/6/20 11:45 AM, Andrew S. Mace wrote:
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The "WE" prefix indicates that the box -- or at least the case -- origina=
ted in a Dolomite 1850HL, which should have ratios similar, if not identica=
l, to those of the GT6.=20
--Andy
ld@aol.com
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<div> <font size="3">That Dolomite box was also essentially the same box used
in the early four-speed TR7s; again, the ratios are pretty much identical. For
warranty and/or rebuilt-exchange at some point "back then," it would not have
been too surprising to have had BL supply a gearbox that might have originated
in another car. And the same could have happened any time since. Maybe 20 years
ago or so, it was often cheaper (even with shipping) to buy a rebuilt gearbox
from England than to have one rebuilt here in the US. That's how a Triumph
Toledo gearbox ended up in a friend's MkIV Spitfire; again, virtually identical
boxes. (I know this because I helped my friend purchase and install that Toledo
gearbox, to replace a tired, non-synchro-first box from an earlier Spitfire.
(He was very happy with the improvement!)</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">--Andy</font></div>
<div><font size="3">Andrew Mace</font><br>
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From: Roger Elliott <elliottr@rmi.net><br>
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<div>Thanks Andy!<br clear="none">
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<div>That is interesting - you wouldn't think a Dolomite 1850 HL
transmission would be the most likely of candidates to be
transplanted into a GT6 in Kansas, since I don't think they were
imported much if at all.<br clear="none">
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<div>I wouldn't mind having a Dolomite Sprint..... <br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv9094448706moz-cite-prefix">On 7/6/20 11:45 AM, Andrew S. Mace
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<div> <font size="3">The "WE" prefix indicates that the box --
or at least the case -- originated in a Dolomite 1850HL,
which should have ratios similar, if not identical, to those
of the GT6.</font></div>
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