>>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)?
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>Not sure of the specific details as I know little about the JH.
>
>The Lotus engine used int he JH has absoutely no commonality to
>thye rootes engines, so the magic was in the bellhousing likely made
>by Jenson/Lotus.
You probably wouldn't have wanted to use JH's ZF box, even if it did fit.
As installed in the JH, it was a 5-speed, NON-OD, tranny.
Dick Sanders