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Re: Toyota 5 speed revisited

To: Steve Graham <sjgraham@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: Toyota 5 speed revisited
From: Dan Amidon <damidon@gilsongfx.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:58:54 -0500
Steve,
I would be interested in seeing what this company has to offer. I am still
undecided about what motor to put into my S3.
Thanks
Dan Amidon

Steve Graham wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I know this option has been visited before however this may be of interest.  I
> was talking to a member of our local club who told me there was an engineering
> firm in Sydney Aus that used to make kits for fitting toyota celica 5 speeds
> to sunbeams.  I spoke with the owner of the company (Geoff Dellow) today who
> said they used to make them upto 5-7 years ago and then the interest pettered
> out. He still has all the tooling and as a matter of fact they now make a lot
> of conversion kits for Jag owners to fit Supra boxes to V12 Jags. He has had
> other interest in making new kits for Sunbeams from local Aus clubs and
> expects to have the tooling ready for manifacture in about 1 month.
>
> The kits include everthing you need (except the yoke for the tailshaft, that
> is extra) including new bellhousing, clutch and throwout bearing yoke, box
> mounting plates and speedo adapters. He also said he needs to know what toyota
> box is being fitted as he machines the housing for 2T, 3T, steel case and
> Supra boxes (Supra is an ovekill on a Sunbeam).
>
> The best part is the pricing. A full kit for the Toyota Sunbeam conversion is
> AUS$625 thats around US$314. If anyone is interested, let me know and I will
> get the companies full address and contact details.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Graham
> Brisbane AUS

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