23-11-2020, 09:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-11-2020, 09:47 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
Question 2.
3-speed box or four? I've no idea about the 4-speed, but the standard 3-speed box is incredibly strong and, in driving tests it was quite normal to bang in reverse while going forwards. By 1963 this box, original to the car, had probably done 100,000 miles and in my hands would have done the same again by 1974. It survived that, together with three-plus years of moderately vigorous competition use in the hands of a none-too-sympathetic driver. Hence, if a 3-speed, I'd take a bet that no damage was done to box.
3-speed box or four? I've no idea about the 4-speed, but the standard 3-speed box is incredibly strong and, in driving tests it was quite normal to bang in reverse while going forwards. By 1963 this box, original to the car, had probably done 100,000 miles and in my hands would have done the same again by 1974. It survived that, together with three-plus years of moderately vigorous competition use in the hands of a none-too-sympathetic driver. Hence, if a 3-speed, I'd take a bet that no damage was done to box.