>==AM==
>True, but then the Stag (and the 2000 sedan on which it was based) was
>designed at the outset to accommodate the BW gearbox as well as the
>"normal" four-speed manual gearbox.
>
>And the TR3A in which the BW gearbox was fitted had noticeably narrower
>footwells than did the manual gearbox car, according to archive photos I've
>seen. Of course, back then "proper" sports cars simply did NOT have
>automatic transmissions, so perhaps the point was moot. ;-)
>
>--Andy Mace
Jim Booth put a Triumph 2000 automatic transmission and hand controls in
Olga, present TRA President John Warfield's old TR3 so he could drive it. I
seem to remember that it went in fairly easily and the result looked great.
It was judged in Concours de Elegance and the judges agreed to overlook the
tranny. It won Best of Show at TRA. The installation looked so good it
fooled lots of lookers; "I didn't know an automatic was a factory option!"
"Oh yes, it was."
John sold the car and it was converted back to a manual trans. It's now in
Pennsylvania I think.
John H.
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