Looking again, Jim may be right. They may be BN2 fenders. My fenders
measure 8" from chrome strip to the top of wheel opening arch.
In the photo, if you extend the swag line to the fender it would not
come to the top of the opening but down more to the side. Hence the
way the 2nd color is painted with the curve so it doesn't come
straight to the side. Plus there looks to be a good amount of space
above the tire.
I'm going with Jim on this. BN2 fenders. :-)
Randy Hicks
'56 100M
'65 BJ8
'53 MGTD
Healey100M@gmail.com
On Jan 2, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Bluechipracing wrote:
> 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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