If what you call the Z type shift lever is the one w/ the rear portion bent
up to a more vertical position, the answer is yes. Per the Clausager book
and the Anderson/Moment book, the change to the shift lever was at engine #
29D/20598, Aug '60. It is called the "cranked" lever. I'm currently
restoring an early BN7 MK2 which is supposed to have this lever, but did
not. Could not find one. Had a bunch of the "L" shaped levers. Using a
micrometer, found the point on the L lever diameter that matched a long
enough portion of another L lever to give the length necessary to heat and
bend in the crank. Still need to have it chromed, but it looks like it will
turn out good.
John Snyder
> healey3000bn7@yahoo.com writes:
>
> I have one other question for those in the know... Did the early Healeys
> with sideshift gear boxes ever come with a "Z" type lever instead of the
> more common "L" type lever? I would like to figure out a way to get the
> Works OD switch in a more vertical position rather than the tilted
> horizontal position provided with the "L" type lever.
> Yes they did. I have no idea where you would find one, but someone on
> the list might know. I had one at one time, but it has disappeared over
> the last 30+ years. It was fitted to a BN7 that I bought for parts and
> junked...washit in the front. should have kept it, it was repairable
> then, I just didn't know it...shoulda, coulda, woulda...
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