Yes, may give Berrybrook a call, I also know a retured mechanic who looks after my old mini who might be useful. Does anyone know if the original linkage would still be available or perhaps the obvious bodge carried out on my car would suggest maybe it's not.
The AA man suggested it would be better to get it converted to cable anyway despite the need to install some sort of cantilever system. I suspect that the AA 'temporary' fix might be considerably more robust than what I started yesterday with. Any thoughts on converting to cable operation?