Quietly Performing Award Winning Restoration Work on British Motorcars Since 1992

British Gearboxes/Reverse Idlers

Here is an interesting comparison of British gearbox reverse idlers (the gear you engage when shifting into reverse). The gear on the left is from Triumph TR3B thru TR6 late. The center gear is Austin Healey four speed gearboxes. The gear on the right is full syncro Jaguar E Type. The Jag tremendously overbuilt, it looks like it could be Kenworth. These boxes are extremely difficult to break. The earlier Moss gearboxes fitted to XK cars and Morgan are very similar construction.

Laycock Overdrive Annulus

Laycock overdrive annulus that experienced an imploded planetary gear set or uni-directional clutch. Be very careful when backing up in a Laycock equipped car. If your overdrive is still mechanically engaged through an electrical fault or a bearing lets go in the planetary, this is what it will look like. Very expensive to remedy.

1961 Standard 10 Companion

1961 Standard 10 Companion. Another installment of the “Cool Cars That Show Up Often” segment of this website. Owned by a good friend and faithful customer, it was brought in for storage to escape the Seattle winter rain. Very cool car brought from the U.K. a few years ago and lovingly improved since.

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1967 Jaguar E Type

1967 Jaguar 4.2 Litre E Type brought in for door hinge rebuilding in 2005. Fairly fresh restoration from another shop. It appears the sagging doors were overlooked.

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Ferrari 250 SWB

Ferrari 250 SWB. One day the noise sounded peculiar. A great 250 SWB from a nearby collection roared in to say hello. This is a very interesting neighborhood.

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