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MiniPete
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A friend from work is wishing to convert his midget to a 5 speed w/overdrive.
Does anyone know what the easiest or most common conversion is?
I know Dellow do a kit for the Celica T50 5 speed, is this the best / only option??

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Hi I did this years ago call me on 0288125075 I can talk him thru it also contact [email protected] he may have a conversion for sale Daren
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Cheers Daren I'll pass these details on to him :-)

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Hey Pete, send him to see Tony at the Bug Eye Barn, hes done a few too.

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mmm yea 5 speed on a spridget would rule
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Once looked at a Sprite with a Celica 'box. I'm not sure how much foot room your supposed to expect with these cars but it made the Mini feel like a Rolls Royce in comparison. I'm pretty sure the firewall had been modded to make the 'box fit.

Great mod I thought but no foot room, unless of course it's possible to do this without cutting into the foot space.

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Once looked at a Sprite with a Celica 'box. I'm not sure how much foot room your supposed to expect with these cars but it made the Mini feel like a Rolls Royce in comparison. I'm pretty sure the firewall had been modded to make the 'box fit.

Great mod I thought but no foot room, unless of course it's possible to do this without cutting into the foot space.


nope, that's just normal for a midget...

I'm 99% sure the box is the same size. It's a common Morris Minor mod to put a Celica or Corolla 5 speed. Later model (post Aus production) Minors used the same box as a Midget

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I'm not a big guy and I didn't fit in the car so if that's normal then oh well.

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slinkey inc wrote:
I'm not a big guy and I didn't fit in the car so if that's normal then oh well.

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6 foot 1", 84kg. Floor and seat has been lowered to fit head under roll bar, but apart from that there's plenty of room.
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The Celica box requires some cutting of the tunnel to fit. Use a Datsun 120Y (Nissan Sunny) 5-speed if you want to leave the tunnel intact. (Check out Morriservice or Rivergate in the USA for a complete kit.)

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Yeah my mate spoke of this conversion also.
As the owner of a Datsun 1200 ute I know how painfully expensive and RARE an A-series datsun 5 speed is... About a grand for a 2nd hand one plus parts are hard to find for them.
That's whay I'm putting a T50 celica box in my Datsun ;-)

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yeah you can stretch your legs out in a spridget, pedals are so close together tho!
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Will size 13 shoes fit? :)
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Not really ideal for heel-toeing M1100 :P

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Not really ideal for heel-toeing M1100 :P

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With those skinny legs that pic must have been taken when Morris was a young lad :lol:

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