Very Early Remote M/Cyl?

Going through my brake parts I found this brake m/cyl I had bought from a wrecked early "C".
Wondering when the change to the integral resivior was, and was this a N.American only setup?

That looks more like a 'home market' version to me, but I'm fairly new to the C group. A fellow who attended the Auburn meet in 2009 had a total non US spec C there and it also had remove mounted reservoirs. Check out the catalog on this link and it might explain. This link will actually download the pdf, just scan and save it. The adobe file has different numbers than the actual pages so pay attention if you decide to print out a page or two. Who ever put this together marked a lot of replacement part numbers and maybe even some 'will fits' on the pages prior to scanning. Attached is a pdf of just the brakes for your convenience. Looks like it may be an early US spec.



http://www.them-g-c.com/MGC_Catalogue.pdf

Hope this helps explain what you have.

Thanks Bill, good resource on line. I haven't had time to dig out my parts manuals, and this helps out a lot.
Seems from the numbers listed, it was used on aprox. the first 1556 cars. I've only seen one in a picture, and I couldn't remember which book.

Don't mean to hijack this thread,but,maybe I can elaborate on Bill's post a little. I think I might be the guy he referenced. I was at the C Register meet in Auburn and I do have a NON-U.S. Spec. C. As my car has a single line brake system, I have a totally different B/MC than any of the N. Am. cars. My B/MC is actually the same,inside and out,as your C/MC only bigger. I was told at that same Auburn meet that my car was an exact mirror image of a "Home Market" car. So, I believe, any C with a "plastic" resevuior (remote or integral) is probably U.S. or N. Am.

Hope this helps- Dave

Thanks Dave, you're fine, no hijack at all. Just more good info.
From the pdf file the non-NA m/c looks as you described, a big c/m/c.

The first USA MGC's had this type of non-integral reservoir MC, and somewhere along the way it was changed to the integral type. I know it was done sometime during 1968, however, my car is an early USA spec. 69 and has the separate type. Maybe it was changed in the past, by a previous owner.
Given the rarity of the integral reservoir and its tendency to crack, this setup looks easier to maintain...
Attached a picture of my setup, though with a non-original reservoir - mine was cracked, and a $5 replacement from a Fiat 124 Spider did the job... The original Griling non-integral reservoir is also very rare, but as you can see it's much easier to replace than the integral type :)...

It is called a remote reservoir. The fact it has two outputs/inputs means it is NA spec. "Home Market" would only have one output/input to service only one servo. Otherwise they "appear" somewhat similar.

I believe plastic was used for all MGC BMCs. What is referred to as home market would be RHD but exports to Benelux and France would have the same set up only oriented to LHD. Germany tends to require state of the art upgrades to safty so they too may have gotten NA spec cars.

The PDF [arts file on my web site should include notes to any production changes if not the factory parts books do.

fortune smiled on germany ,, they got a single line system.

Steve

Your phones not working PM me been trying to reach you since tuesday

Dual master cylinders were US spec only and the separate reservoir type was for about the first half of 1968.

C Ya,
Mark

It looks good with the remote reservoir. [url=http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php][/url]