I received a pdf file compiled by Dan Case comparing the 5 bolt Cobra bracket to the Tiger bracket and he states that the 1st 56 Tigers used the Cobra bracket.
There are some slight differences between the Cobra and Tiger bracket - Tiger bracket has 1981002 cast on the part.
Anyone owning an early Tiger have a picture of the clutch slave cylinder bracket to confirm which bracket?
I would be interesting to sort this out.
Ron Fraser
Early Tigers before 9470057 used the same basic T10 gearbox as the 65/66 GT350 Shelby. It has the wider ears on the gearbox case like a wide ratio top loader. The bell housing on the Shelby is 6 bolt, of course, and the same part as used on the Mk2 Tiger.
It would be interesting to have a look at the bellhousing for one of these early cars to see if it was a dual pattern type. (narrow cases AND the mounting holes for the gear box cases with "ears".
The factory parts list shows the same bellhousing for both early and later cars (C30Z-6392-C) but that seems wrong due to the way the cases attach to the clutch bell housing. The parts list also shows that all of the clutch parts, release arm included are the same, early or late. The only part shown to be different is the throw out bearing.
As it would be a 5 bolt bellhousing either way the bracket for the slave should be identical, and this is also reflected in the parts list. Of course, factory parts lists have been known to have incorrect info from time to time.
