Hi, Wes -
Yes, the fan guard was always red. Actually, it was painted by hand with a
brush at the factory, so to be "concours" you need to see the brush marks.
The correct oil fill cap is the metal one with the wire lanyard.
Yes, the choke cables were both covered with a black plastic shield from the
splitter block bracket on the firewall to the cable bracket at the carb air
filters.
Later valve cover labels were stick-on decals rather than the riveted design
of the earlier labels.
Original radiator caps (7 psi) were silver zinc plated with a large brass
button in the center.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Weston Keyes
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:16 AM
To: Ahealey Ahealey
Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 Phase III
Hello Folks,
I need your help in putting the final details on a BJ8 RH drive car,
built in Feb. 1967.
I am trying to make it as accurate as I can. Unfortunately I inherited the
restoration form another restorer and many parts were missing. I have the
following questions:
1. Is the curved piece of the radiator that goes over the blades always red?
2. Did AH use a black plastic oil fill cap? Or is the correct one the metal
one with the wire cable attached?
3. Was the choke cables covered with black plastic?
4. Towards the end of production did AH replace the valve covers labels
(Austin and valve adjustments)
with stickers instead of rivet on labels?
5. What is the proper radiator cap? I have a metal one with a red plastic
button in the middle.
Many thanks,
Wes Keyes
York, Maine
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