When this little car came to me it was suffering with a worn gearbox. The early Midgets and Sprites don’t have synchromesh on first, but this poor car was slipping out of gear and crunching badly from 2nd to third. So, the engine and gearbox were removed so the gears could be inspected.
The gearbox was taken to Bill at Hardy Engineering in Leatherhead, Surrey. Bill is an expert in Healey and MG gearboxes, and he took the time to build up a new gear-set.
The new transmission was installed with a new clutch cover and plate along with a new ‘old stock’ release bearing courtesy of David Smith (an MG Midget racing friend and collector of original MG and Healey parts).
Get in touch to view this car at the Old Tin Shed.