I don't know that it is all that clean a split, but generally, the '67 did
not have a synchro on first. Also, the conversion to the "tube type" rear
axle occurred somewhere between '67 and '68, and all GT's supposedly got
the tube type (but I don't know if that is true in reality).
The article has several minor inacuracies.
Phil Bates
'67 MGB - no synchro on 1st, but yes to overdrive
'58 MGA
> You are correct. Perhaps it was a typo error on their part. A car
> introduced in November 1967 would of course be part of the 1968
production
> year anyway. And to the best of my knowledge, it was a clean split - all
67
> and older did not have the 2nd gear synchro, all 68 cars did.
>
> David Councill
> 67 BGT
> 72 B
>
> At 05:38 PM 4/2/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >I just noticed that in the table on page 36 of the MG article in the
latest
> >issue of Classic Motorsports, that they say the model year1967 MG had an
> >all-synchro transmission. I owned a 1967 MG and remember my father
showing
> >me how to
> >double-clutch so that I could drop down into first without grinding the
> >gears. In other words, no synchromesh. Am I right in thinking they're
in
> >error?
> >(I did see that on the next page, they state that the all-synchro was
> >intorduced in November 1967.)
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