According to Geoffrey Healey in 'More Healeys' the 5 speed "Like
the engine, the gearbox was developed by Eddie Maher and his team
at Morris Motors' engine branch at Coventry. It was based on the
gears used in the MGB, in a special casing with the fifth speed
in a compartment behind the main box. These boxes were strong,
reliable and a joy to use."
The only references I could find of actual use were in the later
Targa Florio cars, TFR6 and TFR7(which never competed).
Biff Jones
Pasadena, MD
'59 Bugeye, "Kermit'
'62 Sprite, 'Ole Gray'
http://sprites2.homestead.com/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From Mike & Kerry Gigante <mikeg at vicnet.net.au>
To: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>; rob
thomas <rob@thomasr.greatxscape.net>; Jeff Boatright
<jboatri@emory.edu>
Cc: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: More 5 Speed junk
>It was based on an MGB gearbox.
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gerard Chateauvieux" <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
>To: "rob thomas" <rob@thomasr.greatxscape.net>; "Jeff Boatright"
><jboatri@emory.edu>
>Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:58 AM
>Subject: Re: More 5 Speed junk
>
>
>> Healey Marque, Magazine of Austin Healey Club of America, ran
an extensive
>> and in depth series on the Sebring Sprite written by Joanthan
>> Whitehouse-Bird of England last year. I have Parts 5 and 6,
but there
>isn't
>> any mention of the 5 speed in those issues that I can find.
Maybe someone
>> else has some of the other issues. I can get my hands on them,
but it will
>> takes me a few days.
>>
>> Gerard
>>
>> At 8:25 PM +0100 3/28/00, rob thomas wrote:
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
>> >To: Dan Dwelley <maine2me@yahoo.com>
>> >Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> >Sent: 28 March 2000 18:01
>> >Subject: More 5 Speed junk
>> >
>> >
>> >> Dan,
>> >> Here's a wringer: Has anyone experience with the ORIGINAL
five speed
>> >> as installed by the Healey Motorcar Company for their works
Sebring
>> >> Sprites? Did it use off-the-shelf BMC parts? Did everything
fit in
>> >> the current housing?
>> >>
>> >> Jeff
>> >>
>> >I can recall reading about this set-up some years ago. I
believe it was
>> >based partly on the MGB box with 5th gear on the outside.
This may be
>> >incorrect but the article implied that it wasn't the sort of
conversion
>to
>> >be either done at home or sold to the public. I'll try to
find it for
>you.
>> >Rob Thomas
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> G G Gerard Chateauvieux
>> E A
>> R R pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
>> A A
>> R G Pixelsmith on Duty
>> D E
>> S http://www.gerardsgarage.com
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