Given how expensive these transmission bits are, I agree with Chuck that the
theatrics probably aren't worth it. I can tell you that my "new" clutch and
gearbox performed flawlessly at Poconos Raceway this past weekend. On Sunday I
had a five lap dice with a 64-year old Aston Martin that left me singing in my
helmet after the checkered flag while cooling off on the back straight. Sublime
experience. The other Morgans there included Bill Ruhl and Jake Jacobson:
they're faster than I am, but I doubt they had more fun than I did. Weather was
great, but nippy (25 degrees early Sat.), which meant a bit less power and a
couple of extra flats on the SUs to add a bit of richness. Hope our friends at
Oceana, where Hank Giffen and his very fancy '59 Plus 4 were holding forth, had
as good a time.
Chip Brown
Vandergraaf, Chuck wrote:
> Gary,
>
> I agree; changing gears without the clutch provides great satisfaction. To
> me, there used to be (past tense because the +4 has been "laid up" longer
> than I like to think) this fear that there would be a grinding sound and the
> relief that the shift lever moved like a knife though warm butter. However,
> I was never able to impress my passenger because they could not see my left
> leg not moving during the shifting (it's rather dark down there underneath
> the dash).
>
> Chuck Vandergraaf
> '52 +4
> Pinawa, MB
>
> > ----------
> > From: Gary[SMTP:garc@iinet.net.au]
> > Reply To: Gary
> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 5:27 AM
> > To: Morgan Mail List
> > Subject: RE: moss box
> >
> > Yep, sounds like a Moss box to me! I always double clutch up (and down)
> > into second - you get better with practice. The real cute effect is to
> > change gear without the clutch - just get the revs right and hold it with
> > light pressure and it just slips in. Impresses the passenger no end!
> >
> > The other good thing about the Moss box is that, when you let someone else
> > try to drive it they can never change like you can - thus proving that you
> > are a superior being!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Gary Arcus
> > Western Australia
> > 1954 +4
> >
> >
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