J-H Trannies

Jay Laifman (Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 07:56:39 -0700


Jarrid writes:

>The Rootes 4 speed was considered undesirable on these cars,
>as the later years were equipped with ZF 4 and 5 speeds.
>There may be more of the Rootes boxes about than you might think.

Does that also mean that a ZF 5 speed will bolt up easier than other non-Rootes transmissions? That is, did Jensen do a lot of body work to swap the transmissions, or was it simply a different bottom crossmember (or something like that)?

Jay