Don,t think my other post made it. It's Healey 100/4 early BN1 spec. Standard
brake mechanisms,drilled ( oh so much time) backplates, RARE works option Alfin
drums, standard early rear hub extensions and a stump puller pig (5.28 ratio)
from an Austin A70 saloon installed in it..........game over......Doug YD3/1185
Max Heim wrote:
> No idea, but it's pretty cool. Serious drill job on the backing plates.
> Those Alfin drums must be pretty rare, and make me suspect it predates disk
> brakes... so, early MGA special competition part?
>
> on 2/27/01 6:20 AM, Kevin Richards at flybirds@erols.com wrote:
>
> > I sent this out last week because I thought I would get a part ID almost
> > immediately.
> > And just about NO responses...except one.
> > C'mon, there has to be someone out there that has seen one of these:
> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1088246&a=11765599
> > OK,
> > so I did that to use the vast width and depth of the list's communal
> > knowledge.
> > (no, not carnal knowledge.....perverts)
> > anyway, back to the subject at hand.
> > I have this rear end (Will you PLEASE get your minds out of the
> > gutter!!)
> > Ok, seriously,
> > I have this rear axle (stop snickering), and it looks a bit strange, as
> > you will agree.
> >
> > Ok, maybe the subject line should have read: "Please help me identify my
> >
> > strange looking rear end"
> >
> > Nuff said,
> > I think it may be competition in nature, due to all of the lightening of
> >
> > the drum brake backing plates.
> > It has alfin brake drums, and the welds all over the rear axle housing
> > and tubes all look like they are custom done....not like the ones on the
> >
> > regular rear ends where you can tell that someone does it all day every
> > day, and the welds are perfectly done, and duplicated on the next one.
> > The welds on this rear look like they are done as a one-off.
> > The only markings are on the axle diff carrier, 377 over 6 I believe.
> > Please help, and maybe I can stump the list on this one.
> > Here are the pics:
> > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1088246&a=11765599
> >
> > Ed, how about taking a crack at this one?
> > Yes, that is a challenge.....with a smile
> > cheers
> > Kevin
>
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>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the red one with the silver bootlid
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