[Healeys] 55 hundred was on ebay

[Greg Lemon]

 "You are correct.  The only thing for most the shift pattern for North
 Americans is a bit screwy ;-)

 Regards
 Ed
 Saskatoon"

You are right, but I have to say I am certainly not the most dextorous guy 
in the world and the reverse pattern three speed on the BN1 box never really 
caused me any problems, it is admittedly an archaic gearbox with weak 
synchros and probably not overly strong period, but I always felt it was 
part of the unique charm of the car, and worked pretty well with the O/D and 
broad torque band of the motor.  I did shop around until I found a good used 
stock shift ball which had not been worn so much that you couldn't paint the 
shift pattern back on it.

I even drove a 5 speed modern car as my daily driver and switched back and 
forth no problems.  As was mentioned a short time ago on the list the RHD 
version has the same box, but does have a funky shift lever to accomodate 
the severe left hand mount of the remote mechanism on the BN1 box.

Greg Lemon