Vintage Minor Register

I bought this gearbox as a spare for my noisy one, I recognised it as minor and it does indeed fit a minor engine. The handbrake is right, except for the absence of a little triangular plate, but the casing at the rear and starter button aren't!
So the question is... what model is it off?!

Toby, tt's an early OHC box designed to take a transmission handbrake. See the two extended selector shafts which act as the fulcrums for the two brake shoes. It is missing the drum.

does this mean it has been adapted for a sv, as there appears to be the prop joint at the back where the drum used to be? Is it any good for my 32 tourer as a spare?! (if i have my tourer box out for overhaul), or would it need an alterations?

Toby,
I am sure it would work, the main casing are the same, so in essence you have a different cover and slightly longer selector shafts. The prop coupling is the same. There was some talk in one of the other threads that the transmission handbrake had a shorter propshaft but propshaft length that may infact be down to later 4 speed gearboxes. The floor panels may need a bit of fettling to fit round it.

The casing looks a bit powdery, are the internals ok?

cheers
Jeremy

don't know, but... my one in use has a gearstick that is very free moving and this has a lovely precise feel to it, hopefully this points to it being good! won't know till the saloon is on the road and I can dare to do anything to the tourer, which is at present my only roadgoing minor!!!

When do you think your saloon wil be running Toby?

There is a rash suggestion under "my cars" that it'll be at the Hatchgate or the summer rally

Toby,
The weakes area that I have come across is the input shaft splines, these seem to wear badly, chances are if these are good the rest of the box is ok.

cheers
Jeremy

Ta, will bear it in mind.