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Patrick
I have never seen anything re a "shovel" either standard or optional to
100's
Can you expand on this?
i was always of the impression that the purpose of the vertical divider was
esthetic to prevent one's seeing through the opposite wheel opening when a
car was viewed from the side.
Best--Michael Oritt
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 4:54 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
wrote:
> Hello
>
> Such a fitting was standard to the four-cylinder cars including a vertical
> piece directly behind the centre of the grille.
>
> During the late 1980s I made up a similar fitting to the BN3 which made a
> big difference. The Healey Duncan has a similar fitting for channelling the
> air upwards and through the radiator.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert
> Begani
> Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 3:22 AM
> To: eyera3000@gmail.com; 'Healey Email list'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel
>
> The pictures did not have my comments attached,
>
> !. Trim the shovel to fit the frame.
> 2. Shows the way the it should fit to the frame with the flange pointing
> down. However, I cut the valve hole wrong and had to flip flop it.
> 3. Note the lip should be pointing down so you can install the mounting
> screws to the frame from underneath and remember to get the hole for the
> radiator drain valve large enough to install it.
> 4. Painted the same color as the car. Looks good and really funnels the
> air
> into the engine compartment so you do not over heat down to 30-40 mph.
> 5. Should have been a factory install. I recommend the Shovel baffle for
> all Healey cars. There never is too much cooling air flowing through the
> engine compartment. When I was test driving my Healey after the rebuild
> without the tunnel, I could feel the air flowing through the engine
> compartment like a tornado.
>
> Bob Begani
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:05 PM
> To: eyera3000@gmail.com; Bob Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com>; Healey Email
> list
> <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Radiator shovel
>
> Here are pictures of what I fabricated from the picture I got from someone
> on the list which I no longer have
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Patrick<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I ha=
ve never seen anything re a "shovel" either standard or optional =
to 100's</div><div dir=3D"auto">Can you expand on this?</div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">i was always of the impression that t=
he purpose of the vertical divider was esthetic to prevent one's seeing=
through the opposite wheel opening when a car was viewed from the side.</d=
iv><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Best--Michael Oritt=C2=A0<=
/div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a=
ttr">On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 4:54 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a href=
=3D"mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au";>p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1=
px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello<br>
<br>
Such a fitting was standard to the four-cylinder cars including a vertical<=
br>
piece directly behind the centre of the grille.<br>
<br>
During the late 1980s I made up a similar fitting to the BN3 which made a<b=
r>
big difference. The Healey Duncan has a similar fitting for channelling the=
<br>
air upwards and through the radiator.<br>
<br>
Hoo Roo<br>
<br>
Patrick Quinn<br>
Blue Mountains, Australia<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Healeys [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; tar=
get=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Be=
half Of Robert<br>
Begani<br>
Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 3:22 AM<br>
To: <a href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"norefer=
rer">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>; 'Healey Email list'<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel<br>
<br>
The pictures did not have my comments attached,<br>
<br>
!. Trim the shovel to fit the frame.<br>
2. Shows the way the it should fit to the frame with the flange pointing<br=
>
down.=C2=A0 However, I cut the valve hole wrong and had to flip flop it.<br=
>
3. Note the lip should be pointing=C2=A0 down so you can install the mounti=
ng<br>
screws to the frame from underneath and remember to get the hole for the<br=
>
radiator drain valve large enough to install it.=C2=A0 <br>
4. Painted the same color as the car.=C2=A0 Looks good and really funnels t=
he air<br>
into the engine compartment so you do not over heat down to 30-40 mph.<br>
5. Should have been a factory install.=C2=A0 I recommend the Shovel baffle =
for<br>
all Healey cars.=C2=A0 There never is too much cooling air flowing through =
the<br>
engine compartment.=C2=A0 When I was test driving my Healey after the rebui=
ld<br>
without the tunnel, I could feel the air flowing through the engine<br>
compartment like a tornado.<br>
<br>
Bob Begani<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
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<br>
Here are pictures of what I fabricated from the picture I got from someone<=
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