"Surely they weren't ignorant of the importance..."
I respectfully beg to differ. I recall hearing that either Donald or Goeff on
being asked this very question responded "We didn't think anyone would ever
ask." While the cars were being built they were much more interested in
getting them out the door and sold than in worrying about a place in history.
I think when viewed from that perspective their accomplishments are all the
more remarkable. It's easy to see the greatness of the cars and their genesis
in retrospect, but we didn't have to live through the arduous process of
making it all happen.
Bill Lawrence
> From: sbyers@ec.rr.com
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:15:50 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100-S Engine
>
> "The 100S engine number is stamped on the pad at the top of the block.
> Usually it gets machined away when the top of the block is decked for
> flatness."
>
> It is truly amazing to me that the designers and builders of Healeys were
so
> casual (care-less?) about where and how they put the various serial and
> identity numbers on the cars and parts. Surely they weren't ignorant of
the
> importance of the cars and parts retaining their original identities, but I
> can't imagine why they didn't put all the numbers permanently on the items
> and in a less-vulnerable place? Perhaps it isn't entirely fair to pick on
> Healeys because I have a PT Cruiser that has no number at all where the
book
> says the engine number should be. And my '69 Dodge Charger has its serial
> number at the join line between the block and the oil pan and half its
> height has been machined away. I'm the original owner, so it came that way
> from the factory.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
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