Bill,
Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the Midget 1500 gearbox
different from that of the Spitfire. I think it has to do with the
space differences in the two cars for mounting the gearbox.
Regards,
Joe
Davies William-qswi646 wrote:
>
> > I'm going to look at a 71 Spitfire this afternoon. I've been
> > looking at the
> > VTR site to get some info before I go. I read that the Mk 3
> > Spitfire has a
> > 1296 cc engine. I know my 74 Midget has a 1275 cc engine. Are these
> > basically the same engine? Are the transmissions the same?
>
> No on both counts I'm afraid. When the Midget and Spitfire were introduced,
> BMC (which incorporated MG) and Standard-Triumph were two distinct
> organisations. Logically, both used their own designs of engine and gearbox.
> The only commonalities on the cars were in items such as lighting units (eg,
> front indicators) which came from a common third party supplier - Lucas in
> this case.
> Through a series of industry mergers and name changes, these
> companies became part of British Leyland, and in 1974/5, the engine and
> transmission was commonised between the Midget and Spitfire. Only 1500cc
> Midgets have the Triumph based engine and gearbox.
> Hope this helps,
> Bill Davies.
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