What is the nature of those laycock de normanville(?) elec overdrives?
Is it in the B gearbox or behind it? If the latter could it be
adapted?
Andy
>From: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott"
<toobmany@bigpond.com>
>Reply-To: "Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott"
<toobmany@bigpond.com>
>CC: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Speaking of conversions...
>Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:56:46 +1000
>
>The battery tray has to be cut away and the tunnel enlarged.
Somewhere has
>to be found for the exhaust as well. New engine and gearbox mounts
are
>required and the tailshaft ends up very short. It's not a pretty
thing but
>back then Bugeyes were worth nothing and I suppose the same fate
befell big
>Healeys with big six or V8 conversions. And just think of what that
extra
>weight would have done to the suspension and brakes! They were also
>impossible to keep cool. Most of these cars had a very hard, short
life
>and disappeared, I only know of one remaining and that also has the
Morris
>Major torsion bar front end grafted on.
>
>The irony of it all is that they were very rarely quicker point to
point
>than a standard spec car.
>
>Peter Westcott
>
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>From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
>To: Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott <toobmany@bigpond.com>
>Cc: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Speaking of conversions...
>Date: Wednesday, 28 April 1999 1:45
>
>On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Angela Hervey-Tennyson & Peter Westcott wrote:
>
>> now. Also a common upgrade in the 50-60's out here was the B
series 1500
>> and gearbox which made them go in a straight line but otherwise...
>
>I have wondered about that but had dismissed it with the logic "if
it were
>possible, everyone would be doing it and I would have seen one by
now".
>Do you know how well it fits, what kind of modifications are
required?
>
>I am not going to do it, I am just wondering.
>
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