What about me? I sent my smoothcase transmission back to England for a NOS
rebuild. Chinese gears in England?
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
David Ramsey wrote:
> Peter, I am more worried about being able to keep up with traffic on the
>freeway today than if I can get parts in 20 years for my Datsun tranmission.
>As I was going through a "rebuilt ribcase" a year at $600 each, in 20 years
>I'm sure I could have a new Datsun 5-speed built from scratch for the $12,000
>I will save in the mean time. I do believe the supply of cheap Chinese parts
>for the ribcase will still be around then also, so you should be OK too. I'm
>gald we agree that it is your car so do what you want with it. The guys that
>piss me off are the ones running a 1275 and ribcase in their bug-i that think
>because their conversion was from English designed Chinese parts their car is
>better than mine, but then I guess that gives them some consolation when I
>wave as I pass them at 90 mph just before I drop it in to 5-gear.
> Crash
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