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Re: More 5 Speed junk

To: "Gerard Chateauvieux" <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>, "rob thomas" <rob@thomasr.greatxscape.net>, "Jeff Boatright" <jboatri@emory.edu>
Subject: Re: More 5 Speed junk
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:53:30 +1000charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <20000328161530.1296.qmail@web1502.mail.yahoo.com><v0421010ab5068ef7908e@[163.246.49.152]> <v03130318b506cbfcf3b4@[209.24.235.60]>
It was based on an MGB gearbox.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From "Gerard Chateauvieux" <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
To: "rob thomas" <rob@thomasr.greatxscape.net>; "Jeff Boatright"
<jboatri@emory.edu>
Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: More 5 Speed junk


> Healey Marque, Magazine of Austin Healey Club of America, ran an extensive
> and in depth series on the Sebring Sprite written by Joanthan
> Whitehouse-Bird of England last year. I have Parts 5 and 6, but there
isn't
> any mention of the 5 speed in those issues that I can find. Maybe someone
> else has some of the other issues. I can get my hands on them, but it will
> takes me a few days.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 8:25 PM +0100 3/28/00, rob thomas wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
> >To: Dan Dwelley <maine2me@yahoo.com>
> >Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: 28 March 2000 18:01
> >Subject: More 5 Speed junk
> >
> >
> >> Dan,
> >> Here's a wringer: Has anyone experience with the ORIGINAL five speed
> >> as installed by the Healey Motorcar Company for their works Sebring
> >> Sprites? Did it use off-the-shelf BMC parts? Did everything fit in
> >> the current housing?
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >I can recall reading about this set-up some years ago.  I believe it was
> >based partly on the MGB box with 5th gear on the outside.  This may be
> >incorrect but the article implied that it wasn't the sort of conversion
to
> >be either done at home or sold to the public.  I'll try to find it for
you.
> >Rob Thomas
>
>
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>   R R        pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
>    A A
>     R G          Pixelsmith  on  Duty
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