[Healeys] O/D

[Bob Spidell]

... Overdrives forever! ...

Yup.


On 10/31/2026 9:08 AM, Hank Leach wrote:
> Thanks for that link Bob. The overdrive story was most interesting 
> despite the prostrate, bowel & fat belly ads I had to edit thru.
> It is quite coincidental that I have recently composed an article 
> entitled the "Disappearing automatic overdrive" about this very same 
> topic which will be published in an upcoming /Austin-Healey Magazine/ 
> in 2027.
> I also discussed the advent of the overdrive and compared the 
> Borg-Warner unit to the Laycock and summarized the story with todays 
> automatic overdrives. How weird is that? I was unaware of the youtube 
> story until you sent it but was pleased to see that my article, and 
> this one, agreed as to the actual history. Overdrives forever! Hank
>
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>
> From: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Reply-To: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell at comcast.net>
> To: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: October 30, 2026 at 1:15 PM PDT
> Subject: [Healeys] O/D
> Engaging history of overdrive.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29YmlgQCwfI 
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