J. Adrian Barnes wrote:
>
> I have never heard of (that I can remember) anybody talking
> about "overdrive" in a Midget, and now for some reason, I
> have heard about it twice in one day from two different
> unrelated sources. Seems you have to add some post-1975
> Triumph parts. What's the story?
You can put a spitfire O/D tranny in if you do some modifications
to add more clearance.
The mods are essentially a new crossmember and some sheetmetal. It
mechanically works it just doesn't fit.
There is a kit available from the UK that includes the new crossmember
and patterns for the sheetmetal mods.
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Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
[ Seeking some miscellaneous MG parts, see the list on the web page... ]
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