Isn't the 1500 tranny a Marina tranny?
Dave
"Evangelos G. Makris" wrote:
> Now, this is crazy but it happened.
> Someone just offered me a 1963 Austin A40 Farina Mk2 and
> he told me the engine/gearbox/axle/diff is is decent condition.
>
> The engine is a longitudinal A-Series, number 9D-U-L-127000 (!)
> and the gearbox looks and feels exactly like the one in my
> Sprite, only this one has no ribs. The lever is the same,
> the metal thing around the base of the lever is the same,
> even the way it hates to go into 1st and reverse is the same!
>
> So, can I just take all this stuff out of the A40, order a
> brand new Sprite Mk4 bodyshell and have another Sprite?
>
> (yeah, dream on...)
>
> If some nice fellow on this list knows, I'd like to know.
>
> Thank you
> Evangelos
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