Soooo.. thats why I had such a problem fitting a MKIII grill into my 100-6.
Got it to go, but with much fussing. Still didn't fit very well, so I went
back to the original grill.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Snyder" <johnahsn@olypen.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Shroud/confusion
> Hello List,
>
> A few days ago I posted a message, looking for a good tri-carb front
shroud.
> These are relatively rare because of the limited number of tri-carbs made.
I
> was looking for a BJ7 or BJ8 single light shroud to graft the rear of my
> shroud onto.
>
> Two very well respected, knowledgeable Healey people wrote back and said
that
> a tri-carb shroud was exactly the same as that of a 3000 "MK1" of 100-6.
One
> even said that the factory parts list did not show a different number for
the
> tri-carb shroud. I checked w/ a third person who is not only a Healey
expert,
> but also a tri-carb expert. He insisted that the shrouds are different.
>
> Then I did what I should have done in the first place. Took a piece of
3/32"
> welding rod 5 1/2" long, bent 1" 90 degrees at each end, and used it as a
> caliper to measure the width of the shroud between the hood opening and
the
> grill opening (the area that the tri-carb expert said was different) on
the
> following cars. These cars are mine, and I know them well. 1960 BT7 -
> original paint, unrestored, never hit in the grill area; 1962 BT7 MK2 -
just
> finished a ground up restoration, shroud never hit in the grill area; 1961
BN7
> MK2 - ground up restoration last year, never hit in the upper grill area;
1961
> BN7 MK2 - never hit in the upper grill area, but hammered many other
places.
>
> Results: The tri-carb shrouds are 1/4" narrower between the grill opening
and
> the hood opening. 2 15/16" vs 3 3/16". Very hard to detect by eye, but
1/4"
> is a lot when you are trying to fit the oval grill piece (w/ eyebrow) in.
> Still looking for a tri-carb shroud :-)
>
> John Snyder
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