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William,
Without a photo it's hard to tell, however there are some so-called NOS
replacement grills that have a flatter top, and I can tell you from the
experience of others, that yes these are a bit too short and do not fit. A
friend scrapped this type of grill during his restoration and found an
original had it restored and it fits just fine!.
To answer your question, in my opinion no... the only car with the "peaked"
grill was the prototype Earls Court show car. I have talked to the owner
of AHX-3 the second Austin Healey pre-production car, and oldest existing
AH, and I believe that his grill is not peaked.
I have a front shroud and several grills and will test fit a few and send
photos.
Cheers,
Curt
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 3:13 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <YNOTINK@msn.com> wrote:
> In the midst of the refurbishment of my 100 I have discovered that the
> grille that came with the car is about 1/2" to 3/4" short of fitting the
> grille opening in the shroud in the vertical direction. I had considered
> this to be due to production tolerances and planned to modify the shroud to
> fit the grille, but then it occurred to me that there are a couple
> different grille designs for the 100s and that this being an early car may
> have been equipped with an earlier version of the grille.
>
>
> Does anyone have any information on whether any early cars were equipped
> with the earlier peaked grille (as used on the prototype) or how many if
> any were equipped with the interim flat topped grille and whether there
> would have been differences in the size of the grille opening.
>
>
> If I have the wrong grille I would like to explore acquiring the correct
> part rather than modifying the shroud.
>
>
> Thanks to the group.
>
>
> Bill Lawrence
>
> BN1 #554
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<div dir=3D"ltr">William,=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Without a photo it's=
hard to tell, however there are some so-called NOS replacement grills that=
have a flatter top, and I can tell you from the experience of others, that=
yes these are a bit too short and do not fit.=C2=A0 A friend scrapped this=
type of grill during his restoration and found an original had it restored=
and it fits just fine!.</div><div><br></div><div>To answer your question, =
in my opinion no... the only car with the "peaked" grill was the =
prototype Earls Court show car.=C2=A0 I have talked to the owner of AHX-3 t=
he second Austin Healey pre-production car, and oldest existing AH, and I b=
elieve that his grill is not peaked.</div><div><br></div><div>I have a fron=
t shroud and several grills and will test fit a few and send photos.</div><=
div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Curt</div></div><br><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 3:13 PM WI=
LLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a href=3D"mailto:YNOTINK@msn.com";>YNOTINK@msn.com</a>=
> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 =
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div id=3D"m_6644050055789139753divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12=
pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" dir=3D"ltr">
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">In the midst of the refurbishment=
of my 100 I have discovered that the grille that came with the car is abou=
t 1/2" to 3/4" short of fitting the grille opening in the shroud =
in the vertical direction. I had considered
this to be due to production tolerances and planned to modify the shroud t=
o fit the grille, but then it occurred to me that there are a couple differ=
ent grille designs for the 100s and that this being an early car may have b=
een equipped with an earlier version
of the grille.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Does anyone have any information =
on whether any early cars were equipped with the earlier peaked grille (as =
used on the prototype)=C2=A0or how many=C2=A0if any were equipped with the =
interim=C2=A0flat topped grille=C2=A0and whether there
would have been differences in the size of the=C2=A0grille opening.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">If I have the wrong grille I woul=
d like to explore acquiring the correct part rather than modifying the shro=
ud.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thanks to the group.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><br>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Bill Lawrence</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">BN1 #554</p>
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