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Re: Steering Box

To: morgan list <morgans@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Steering Box
From: Giampiero Pecelli <giamp@mediaone.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:44:57 -0400
Gentlepersons,

A recent issue of Classic & Sports Car has a comparison between an AC Greyhound
and an Alfa 2600 Sprint (both early '60s).  The Alfa is claimed to have a Gemmer
box...

Giampiero Pecelli
64 +4

BOB NOGUEIRA wrote:

> A couple of months ago someone asked if a VW steering box could be modified
> to fit a Morgan. Well yesterday I replaced the steering box in my daughters
> 69 Bug and compared it to the Morgan box.  The short  answer is no way!
> The layout of the box has the shaft on the left side of the box. Even if
> major machine shop work was done to allow it to be mounted the shaft would
> be out of alignment.   Also the drop arm  is so totally different it could
> not be used nor could  the Morgan drop arm modified to fit the VW box.
> Now my question is what other cars used the Gemmer box , and Who or where is
> Gemmer?
>
> Bob

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