[Healeys] Austin-Healey 100 Coupe For Sale

Peter Svilans peter.svilans at rogers.com
Fri Apr 9 09:25:32 MDT 2010


<   Can't understand why someone would want the gear
lever in front of the door opening and moreover how a linkage could be fitted
to make the Healey tranny work with such a setup.  >

The right-hand gearshift (on a right hand drive car ) was traditionally
considered to be a luxury feature found only on high-end cars which were at
first mostly chauffeur-driven. Chauffeurs were expected to put up with more
inconveniences like no roofs and clambering over the shift lever, in favour of
more driving control from the right arm. Rolls-Royce and Daimler had it, and
upscale BMC cars such as the Wolseley 6-90 Series II (with C-series engine) ,
Riley Pathfinder, and Morris Isis (also with C-series engine) had a right-hand
floor shift.

I'm curious too to see how the linkage adapted to the Healey transmission.
The Coupe appears to have it routed under the tranny. Rolls had the RH shift
lever mounted on the frame rail with a straight transverse rod connecting it
to the tranny similar to the lengthways shift extension on a BMC Mini Cooper.
Have to locate a Morris Isis parts book and find out.

Best
Peter


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