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Re: 5 speed tranny

To: oaxacarob@aol.com
Subject: Re: 5 speed tranny
From: Victor Hughes <hughes@scides.canberra.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:31:25 +1000
As TVR basically make their cars from bits bought from other manufacturers, a
'TVR gearbox' is likely to be something commonly seen in other cars.  A Lister
from the UK would probably know what, but my bet would be for something found in
Fords.

Cheers

Vic

oaxacarob@aol.com wrote:

> Piners
> Just arrived home from several weeks abroad - great to have such interesting
> reading on the list - over 500 e-mails.  Takes a bit of time to wade thru.
> This may be old news, but I picked up a copy of "Classics" (summer 2001) from
> a newsstand in Westport, Ireland.  One featured article concerned a Tiger
> restoration by a former Rootes employee.  Good reading, even for Alpine
> owners. This guy used a TVR gearbox to avoid any sheet metal mods - when
> converting to a 5 speed trans.  I'm not sure if this is helpful, due to
> shipping considerations.  Is anyone familiar with this conversion?
>
> Robbie
> 66 SV

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