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Post by gah1959 on Nov 26, 2023 20:01:34 GMT
Hello. I am Gary Harvey and live in New Hampshire USA. I am the care taker and owner of our family's LHD 4 speed overdrive 1959 Riley Two Point Six. We have had this car for 56 years. My father and I have completely disassembled and re-assembled this car. Would love to hear from any of you that are interested with the Two Point Six.
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hjmerryweather
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Post by hjmerryweather on Nov 27, 2023 14:18:07 GMT
Hi Gary,
Welcome to the forum.
I'm sure there are plenty on here who would be interested to hear about your Two-Point-Six. It is not a very common car, even in the UK.
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Post by vue from the north on Nov 27, 2023 19:00:02 GMT
was that the car with the gear stick down by the drivers door ( no laughing) so every time someone got out you got it stuck up your trouser leg & fell out of the car !
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hjmerryweather
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Post by hjmerryweather on Nov 27, 2023 19:13:50 GMT
was that the car with the gear stick down by the drivers door ( no laughing) so every time someone got out you got it stuck up your trouser leg & fell out of the car ! The Pathfinder that preceded the Two Point Six definitely had the gearstick down by the driver’s door. No doubt you can confirm Gary? I think the Morris Isis did as well!
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tjt77
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Post by tjt77 on Dec 3, 2023 22:14:13 GMT
Gary..If you can contact me I may be able to help.. Im on other side of the USA... provide a phone number and I will see what can be done..regards Tim T.
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Post by tjt77 on Dec 5, 2023 15:00:46 GMT
Re gearstick position on the Pathfinder and 2.6:- basically BMC utilised the 'column change' gearbox set up and adapted it to floor change.. the gearstick was aLways adjacent to the driver seat.. the other car ( as identifed above) to use this set up was the Morris Isis.. which had same basic power train , but just a single SU carburetor instead of two.. another oddicy is that with the 'overdrive' option on thier saloon cars, BMC opted to use the heavy iron 'Borg Warner'unit ..which take some getting used to due to its weird idiosncracies..such as a 'freewheel' feature that engages at approx 28 mph when in overdive..so you have zero engine braking.... and automatic engagment of overdrive above 38mph when its turned on via the 'T' handle cable ..the ONLY contemporay BMC saloon NOT to use the BW overdrive was the Austin A 105 'vanden plas' which utilised the healey 100/6 gearbox, floor change(slighty off to the l;/h side) and laycock electric overdrive.. all in all a far more suitable set up..
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Post by vue from the north on Dec 5, 2023 17:49:51 GMT
Re gearstick position on the Pathfinder and 2.6:- basically BMC utilised the 'column change' gearbox set up and adapted it to floor change.. the gearstick was aLways adjacent to the driver seat.. the other car ( as identifed above) to use this set up was the Morris Isis.. which had same basic power train , but just a single SU carburetor instead of two.. another oddicy is that with the 'overdrive' option on thier saloon cars, BMC opted to use the heavy iron 'Borg Warner'unit ..which take some getting used to due to its weird idiosncrcacies.. such as a 'freewheel' feature that engages at approx 28 mph when in overdive..so you have zero engine braking.... and automatic engagment of overdrive above 38mph when its turned on via the 'T' handle cable ..the ONLY contemporay BMC saloon NOT to use the BW overdrive was the Austin A 105 'vanden plas' which utilised the healey 100/6 gearbox, floor change(slighty off to the l;/h side) and laycock electric overdrive.. all in all a far more suitable set up..
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Post by vue from the north on Dec 5, 2023 17:51:26 GMT
im glad somethings got binned off, if that free wheel is anything like the old 60s/70s saab it was shocking unless you knew about it in advance, & even then took some mastering ,
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hjmerryweather
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Post by hjmerryweather on Dec 7, 2023 18:25:29 GMT
Re gearstick position on the Pathfinder and 2.6:- basically BMC utilised the 'column change' gearbox set up and adapted it to floor change.. the gearstick was aLways adjacent to the driver seat.. the other car ( as identifed above) to use this set up was the Morris Isis.. which had same basic power train , but just a single SU carburetor instead of two.. another oddicy is that with the 'overdrive' option on thier saloon cars, BMC opted to use the heavy iron 'Borg Warner'unit ..which take some getting used to due to its weird idiosncrcacies.. such as a 'freewheel' feature that engages at approx 28 mph when in overdive..so you have zero engine braking.... and automatic engagment of overdrive above 38mph when its turned on via the 'T' handle cable ..the ONLY contemporay BMC saloon NOT to use the BW overdrive was the Austin A 105 'vanden plas' which utilised the healey 100/6 gearbox, floor change(slighty off to the l;/h side) and laycock electric overdrive.. all in all a far more suitable set up.. Great info, thanks 😊
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Post by vue from the north on Dec 8, 2023 11:27:51 GMT
just had a look at one of these, that big engine looks awfully same as the 3000 austin healey block layout wise ! be a bit thirsty, bet if you put your foot down you can see the fuel gauge going down !!
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Post by tjt77 on Dec 9, 2023 0:53:59 GMT
Its the same basic engine block as the healey 100/6..in fact its an identacal engine to the very first healey 100/6 for 1975 year only .. due to a number of compaints about sluggardly performance (the '57 100/6 was slower than its 4 banger 2660cc predecessor.. not to mention front heavy) BMC used a much better flowing cylinder head with 6 intake ports, along with flat top pistons, and a separate intake manifold from '58 till end of big healey prodction in '67..which was unique to the big healeys ..it added approx 27 bhp and 'livened' up the engine to acceptable levels .. I know of at least one 2.6 that had a healey head retrofitted (part of an 'Alexander' performance conversion) and that car eventually ended up in NZ.. vue from the north:-the BW overdrive 'freewheel' option allied to the 2.6s rather poor braking performance can be SCARY at times if not prepared.. my current 2.6 got a light ding in the front, which I was told was due to former owner having overdrive engaged and not allowing enough Braking distance ..the 2.6 brakes are nowhere near as effective as those on its predecessor..( the Pathfinder ) 2.6 used all the running gear from Wolseley 6/90..
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