looking at the photo again, It appears that those might be BN2 fenders /
wings / guards. Hard to tell for certain, but look again.
Survey says.....?
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Hicks" <Healey100M@gmail.com>
To: "Chris Dimmock" <cd3000@bigpond.net.au>
Cc: "Rick Neves" <Rick@genomictechnologies.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: Redford with Healey - captions
>I know of at least one factory built '56 100M with the smaller BN1
> fender opening, that are original to the car.
>
> No way of telling from that photo.
>
> Randy Hicks
> '56 100M (large openings)
> '65 BJ8
> '53 MGTD
> Healey100M@gmail.com
>
> On Jan 1, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Chris Dimmock wrote:
>
>> Very interesting Rick,
>>
>> The way he's crouched beside the car, looking at the front guard -
>> holding his head (with an 'oh shit' look) - got me to look a little
>> closer....
>>
>> Is that a BN1 type 'smaller wheel opening' 4 cyl guard?.... i.e.
>> its either a BN1 or an early BN2 front guard.
>>
>> So maybe Mr Redford is thinking... is it a BN1 with a Le Mans
>> Modification Kit - or one of the 640 documented BN2 'factory 100Ms'.
>>
>> Is it an early BN2 which still had BN1 type guards - a genuine 100M
>> - or is it a BN1?
>>
>> Maybe he's thinking.......
>>
>> "If only I'd asked the Healey List for their opinions before I
>> bought this on Ebay as a 'genuine factory 100M - I knew I should
>> have just bought a 3000"
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Chris
>> www.myaustinhealey.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Neves"
>> <Rick@genomictechnologies.com>
>> To: "Healey list" <healeys@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 11:17 AM
>> Subject: Redford with Healey
>>
>>
>>> I saw a program on the Sundance Channel today. I was called
>>> Iconoclast with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. There was a
>>> picture of Redford with a 100-M.
>>>
>>> I grabbed a bitmap
>>>
>>> www.RickNeves.com/RedfordWithHealey.bmp
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