Mike
Does your car have an all aluminium body? Weren't the first 200 or so
production models still bodied that way
Derek
www.healeysix.net
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at
gmail.com>wrote:
> Oh Wise Ones,
>
> I'm starting on the restoration of my very early BN1 (#174). This is a very
> original and sound, apparently low mileage but badly weathered car. During
> the dis-assembly process I took about 500 photos of details to aid in the
> reassembly.
> I was showing these to a very patient and Rich Chrysler yesterday and he
> commented that the wheel wells appeared to all have been originally painted
> white which seemed odd. Upon closer examination it appears that this may
> have been original because the white paint was only on body components
> which would have been installed at Jensens and not on mechanical components
> which would have been installed later at Longbridge.
> This is a Healey Blue car and I'm wondering if this may actually have been
> done in the factory. It is a pretty rudimentary "quick shot" with no
> evidence of masking but no white on things like the steering column, nuts
> holding the turn signal relay, the original front shocks, the real bump
> boxes or springs, etc etc.
> Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this on a very early Healey
> Blue BN1?
>
>
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> Michael Salter
>
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