29-11-2023, 02:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 29-11-2023, 02:32 AM by Dennis Nicholas.)
Andrew - Gearbox is a Toyota T50 5 speed. This was chosen many years ago when BMC boxes had become difficult to source/repair and were aimed at Morris Minors. You bought a kit of parts which included the bell housing to mate to the engine.
Nippy was already running with an A 948 engine and gearbox (very easy to fit) when piston broke rings and cheap T50 became available and a low milage 1275 A+. Beauty of a box.....I was interested in lower cruesing engine speed with the 15 inch wheels I used. Still used 19 inch for MCC trials. The floor has to be cut away a bit, but someone had previously butchered it badly so I just tidied up and made a new cover. The wider T50 box needed bit more floor taken away but again just made another cover. Still enough foot room and even have a VW 2 speed heater above cover...........but now some rethinking may be required.
Dennis
Nippy was already running with an A 948 engine and gearbox (very easy to fit) when piston broke rings and cheap T50 became available and a low milage 1275 A+. Beauty of a box.....I was interested in lower cruesing engine speed with the 15 inch wheels I used. Still used 19 inch for MCC trials. The floor has to be cut away a bit, but someone had previously butchered it badly so I just tidied up and made a new cover. The wider T50 box needed bit more floor taken away but again just made another cover. Still enough foot room and even have a VW 2 speed heater above cover...........but now some rethinking may be required.
Dennis