The plot thickens!
My Austin Service Journal page: VOLUME 26 CARS BODY 3 dated
August 30, 1956
shows the distance from the top of the wheel arch to the top of the
panel measuring 9 (22.86 cm) for the BN1 and 7 > (19.68 cm) for the
BN2.
Ive just checked my BN2 and the distance is as Ive always known it
to be, 7 >.
The difference on between all BN1 and BN2 front guards that I have
ever measured has always been 1 <.
The page on Larrys site clearly shows different measurements.
It is dated 5 years later 11 August 1961 and states that the new
measurements cancel the earlier ones from 1956.
It also shows a 3000 car outline, whereas the 1956 page shows just the
RF 100 guard (fender).
In every other respect the wording and part numbers are EXACTLY the
same.
Now we cannot have body panels with the same part numbers having
different dimensions.
Could Austin have made a goof?
Something is screwy.
Mark Donaldson
Auckland
NZ
-----Original Message-----
From: fiat500f@aol.com [mailto:fiat500f@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013 5:06 p.m.
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] BN1 and BN2 front fenders - check me on this
please.
I need to check something. With the 100-4, there are the BN1 front
fenders,
and the BN2 front fenders. The easiest (only?) way to tell them apart
is to
measure the distance from the top of the wheel opening to the top of
the
fender. Here is the Austin Healey service note about it.
http://www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/a421.jpg
It notes that the measured distance for the BN1 is 9 1/2 inches, and 9
inches
for the BN2. I would SWEAR it was 11 inches for the BN1 and 9 inches
for the
BN2. I just seem to have this strongly in my memory. Am I wrong? I
would
assume that the Healey service note is correct, but, dang! :)
- Paul B.
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