Andrew,
Thanks for the photos.
I did not do anything about the handbrake. Your question makes me ask have you
pointed me in the direction of yet another factory modification to the
P-something that I had ? The P-type that Ian George had was originally
factory fitted with pre selector box & was un supercharged. May be you can
have a look at that car. The bloke with the blue Austin Healy owns it, I
think.
It is interesting that there are several types of preselector gearbox casings
and that it appears to me that you are using one from a non racing car. I have
speculated for a few years, if these are as strong inside. P-types can
produce good power outputs, although I suspect they are not as good in the
torque department as their 6 cylinder buddies.
That is a novel way of doing the remote control for the preselector. I am
interested how you changed the lateral movement of the gear lever to work on
the up/down movement needed with the pre selector selection.
You can buy preselector remotes in UK. They would cost about the same as the
blower I mentioned. Do remember that there is a bloke in NZ who may make some
in the future.
I also note you have changed the drive output from the gearbox. Any special
reason ?
I venture to say, that in my opinion, it is a bit of a shame you drilled the
P-type gear selector turret. I could have sent you one I had made up and you
then could have maintained the original turret for some one in need. But,
each to his own, hey?
So, at least your project is moving along. Could be you will even be finished
before I complete my car. It has been a very big job getting the engine to
release the power I was seeking but I am happy where we are at with the power
plant. It is a bit of a shame that it now sits awaiting the rest of the
chassis. Hopefully we will see some more work on that over the next 6 months.
Unfortunately I have not been particularly well and I need to push on with the
project.
Cheers
Pip
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Fock
To: Terry Sanders ; Pip Bucknell ; Pat Mullen
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:24 PM
Subject: P type
Hi guys,
thought you might be interested in developments down south! the attached
photos are of the first trial fitting of the ENV 75 to the P type. Big isn't
it! (the cross tube is temporary). The remote, although not a factory
Pre-selector unit, does utilise original components and is still very
octagonal. I was going to try and get a K 3 unit, but the Aspinal p type is
even smaller than the Pommy one and I thing it would be too big. This is still
nice and small. In fact the only modifications to the casting was the drilling
of 8 small holes. Can you work out how it works??. The hand brake is a bit of
a problem. It will work but will loose some travel. What did you do with
your's Pip?
Anyway . hope all your restorations are going well,
Andrew
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