Well lets just say i have a 1973 Leyland P76 4.4 litre V8 has been bolted to
me 1981
Range Rover gearbox with no adapters and i have just purchased an a C4 auto
and transfere case and the bellhousing on the C4 is a custom made one.
Simon in OZ
I think you might have been sent the wrong bellhousing Gregory !!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Gregory72@aol.com>
To: <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
Cc: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 7:16 AM
Subject: Bellhousings...
> 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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