Was this set-up aluminum ? If so, I saw one for sale in the Ft Worth
paper about 30 years ago (5 speed with a 1296 ? engine)
Geary Gowins
'65 Sprite
Biff Jones wrote:
> 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@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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