Curt:
There is an early BN1 owned by a friend (and neighbour) that is about to be
'unearthed' from it's storage place - the owner is preparing to begin the
project, the new garage is now constructed. I believe that the body number
is in the 600's. It will be interesting to see what it has for front
wings - we're pretty sure that the car is quite original, but it's pretty
deteriorated. As soon as I'm able, I'll get a front wing measurement.
Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BT7 tri-carb
BJ8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt@gmail.com>
To: <lists@brits-n-pieces.com>; "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] front wing cut-out
Eric & Alan,
There were actually 3 different front wheel opening sizes on the 100s. The
size of the opening is best measured by the distance from the top of the
wing above the highest point of the wheel opening straight down to that
opening..
On the earliest 100s, from before body number 900 (body # 883 documented),
this distance measures anywhere from 9 3/8 to 9 1/2 inches. These early '53
BN1's have the smallest front wheel openings as Bill Barnett (#663) and
Roland Wilhelmy (#724) can attest. BTW, this comes from personal
observation on almost a dozen original cars.
On the later BN1's and *around the first 600 BN2's* this distance is a
consistent 9 inches *+*.
On the remaining BN2's the wheel opening was increased substantially and
this distance now measures 7 1/2 to 7 3/4 *+* inches. There are even some
reports of early BN2's with one small opening wing on one side and a large
opening wing on the other, but these are not well documented.
This is all well documented in the Concours Guidelines.
Cheers,
Curt Arndt - AH Concours Committee
Carlsbad, CA
'55 BN1, '60 AN5 :{) '72 RWA Midget, '06 Cooper S
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