The Elva factory records show that our Elva sports racer was originally equipped with a Hewland Mk III five-speed transaxle.
Hewland was started in 1957 by Mike Hewland. According to an old Road & Track article, the legendary “Mk” series of transaxles was started in 1960 and w…
Interesting.
Too bad the days of being able to order up a custom gear for $100 from a small manufacturing shop in England are long gone.
I briefly owned a mid engine Porsche powered sports racer of indeterminate origin (the seller called it a Python, but that was a special built for the street and I never did manage to track down exactly what I had). It used inboard Porsche ally drums drilled for lightness, and the case was early VW. Sold it on before I did any more research - wonder if it had a similar transaxle to yours?
In reply to wspohn :
It was probably similar. Most specials back in the day used this gear box.
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