I believe that the Alpine used the same basic gearbox as the Humber Hawk and
POSSIBLY the Hillman Minx. These may be easier to obtain then the
Alpine/Sunbeam gearboxes. I am sure the ratios were different, but possibly
something could be put together.
Jan Eyerman
tjhiggin@mapapp1.iss.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins) wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I own a 1954 Sunbeam alpine roadster.
> > The engine/gearbox came from a 1951 Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Supreme.
> > Last year, a teeth of the first gear broke..
> > I installed an onther gearbox, this time from a MK 2a.
> > Now, two teeth of the second of the gearshaft are gone.
> > If the parts were interchangable I could make one good gearbox of the
two,
> > but the number of teeth have been altered foor the first gear (31 to 12
> for
> > the 1950 MK2, 30 to 13 for the 1953 MK 2a)
> >
> > So if anyone has a Sunbeam 90 Supreme gearbox in pieces: I'm looking for
a
> > first gear with 31 teeth and/or a layshaft with 29-25-19-13 teeth.
> >
> >
> > Greetings from Belgium.
> >
> > Guido Vanoppen
> > guido.vanoppen@worldonline.be
> > guido.vanoppen@belgacom.net
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