Quote Originally Posted by hodgo View Post
There is nothing wrong with a Studebaker gear box I did my driver's course on studies and GMC in 1964, the difference being is that the vehicles were left hand drive and we are use to right hand. They are really no different to a Mk5 F1 only U are sitting on operate sides of the vehicle. Rear engine buses unless fitted with a U change box work from the left hand side of the vehicle to the right and when you have driven a 5 or 6 speed fuller one of the most unforgiving boxes ever made ( I feel ) . It will give you something to complain about
Or try a Leyland from the 1950 vintage 5 speed box on a rear engine vehicle They can be a mongrel.

Hodgo
That is my point. No gearbox is hard. You just have to learn it's shift patern, and think about the ratio difference that you are going up or down to. If you read the various Land Rover manuals, they tell you when pulling a heavy load to start in low range first gear, work up to top, change to high range third gear, then top. It is all just practice, and knowing how far apart each ratio is from it's neighbour.