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Bellhousings...

To: buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
Subject: Bellhousings...
From: Gregory72@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:16:21 EDT
Nice article in the latest MGB V8 Newsletter on bellhousings for the 
Rover\Buick V8.  Have to make a minor correction to the author though.  It 
comes under the heading "things I didn't know... but I sure know now!" 
department.  Anyway, the article states that the Leyland P76 in Australia 
used the Rover bellhousing and gearbox.  Not so.   Thanks to Paul Johns in 
OZ, I was sent a P76 bellhousing and it ain't a Rover bolt pattern for sure.  
After some head scratching and e-mails to some down under folk, it turns out 
that Leyland used the Ford Single rail from Australian Falcons to back up the 
P76.  With that in mind, I visited one of my favorite boneyards in the local 
area with the P76 bell in hand.  They've got a nice "pile" of useless trannys 
I like to play in on occasion.  I found a 3 speed gearbox from a Ford truck 
that it bolted up to perfectly.  Didn't have time to find if a Toploader 
would work, but I'll have more time this weekend.  So... hows that for 
useless information!  Could be an interesting combo though.  A Rover v8 in an 
early Ford Bronco?  

Greg

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