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Picture this around 1961-1962...boom times for BMC...there is a huge=0Ar=
ack of engines and transmissions just adjacent to the production line=0A=
at Abingdon. The cars are coming down the rail and they expect to do=0Am=
aybe 30 cars that day. The design/engineering department has just=0Aintr=
oduced a revised centre change gearbox and they are in production=0Anow.=
A truck is unloading them and stacking them on the shelves.=0ADue to th=
e frugal attitude of BMC, all existing parts must be used up=0Abefore an=
y new items can be introduced into production. So as the line=0Aprogress=
ed the side shifter box inventory is exhausted and now the=0Acentre shif=
t is being installed...opps, one guy just located another=0Aside shifter=
-stick in the next car coming down the line. Get it out=0Athe door...=0A=
My take on the "records", Hank=0A=0A=09---------------------------------=
--------From: "Earl Kagna" =0ATo: "Neil Anderson", "ROBERT BROWN", "Bob=
Haskell"=0ACc: "Healeys"=0ASent: Saturday June 20 2020 9:48:00AM=0ASubj=
ect: Re: [Healeys] Number of Center-change BN7s=0A=0AGentlemen:=0A=0A It=
has been my understanding that BN7 / BT7 was overlapped with the=0Astar=
t of =0A BJ7 production.=0A=0A I am looking at Clausagers book on page 8=
9, which gives beginning and=0Aending =0A VIN #s (and dates) for all 300=
0's. Assuming that this table is=0Aaccurate, =0A this is exactly why it=
is next to impossible to determine the number=0Aof top =0A shift BN7's=
- because of the undetermined number of BJ7's=0Ainterspersed. As =0A St=
eve says, it would take someone to go through all of the individual=0A=
=0A production records during that period to get a more-or-less accurate=
=0Acount.=0A=0A I recall (from many, many years ago) that a couple of kn=
owledgeable=0Atri-carb =0A guru's best estimates of top shift BN7's was=
somewhere between 120=0Aand 140 =0A of the total 355 built.=0A=0A Earl=
Kagna=0A Victoria, B.C.=0A BJ8, BT7 tri-carb=0A=0A -----Original Messag=
e----- =0A From: Bob Haskell=0A Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2020 8:34 AM=0A=
To: Neil Anderson ; ROBERT BROWN=0A Cc: Healeys=0A Subject: Re: [Healey=
s] Number of Center-change BN7s=0A=0A Matches Clausager's book:=0A=0A Ye=
ar RHD RHD LHD LHD=0A home export export NA=0A 1961 25 2 53 134=0A 1962=
9 3 4 125=0A Total 34 5 57 259=0A=0A Cheers,=0A=0A Bob Haskell=0A Austi=
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<html><body>Picture this around 1961-1962...boom times for BMC...there i=
s a huge rack of engines and transmissions just adjacent to the producti=
on line at Abingdon. The cars are coming down the rail and they ex=
pect to do maybe 30 cars that day. The design/engineering department has=
just introduced a revised centre change gearbox and they are in product=
ion now. A truck is unloading them and stacking them on the shelves.<div=
><br></div><div>Due to the frugal attitude of BMC, all existing parts mu=
st be used up before any new items can be introduced into production. So=
as the line progressed the side shifter box inventory is exhausted and=
now the centre shift is being installed...opps, one guy just located an=
other side shifter-stick in the next car coming down the line. Get it ou=
t the door...</div><div><br></div><div>My take on the "records", Hank<br=
><br><div class=3D"reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------=
------------------</p>From: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca><br>To: "Neil And=
erson", "ROBERT BROWN", "Bob Haskell"<br>Cc: "Healeys"<br>Sent: Saturday=
June 20 2020 9:48:00AM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Number of Center-chang=
e BN7s<br><br>Gentlemen:<br>=0A<br>=0AIt has been my understanding that=
BN7 / BT7 was overlapped with the start of <br>=0ABJ7 production.<br>=
=0A<br>=0AI am looking at Clausagers book on page 89, which gives beginn=
ing and ending <br>=0AVIN #s (and dates) for all 3000's. Assuming that t=
his table is accurate, <br>=0Athis is exactly why it is next to impossib=
le to determine the number of top <br>=0Ashift BN7's - because of the un=
determined number of BJ7's interspersed. As <br>=0ASteve says, it would=
take someone to go through all of the individual <br>=0Aproduction reco=
rds during that period to get a more-or-less accurate count.<br>=0A<br>=
=0AI recall (from many, many years ago) that a couple of knowledgeable t=
ri-carb <br>=0Aguru's best estimates of top shift BN7's was somewhere be=
tween 120 and 140 <br>=0Aof the total 355 built.<br>=0A<br>=0AEarl Kagna=
<br>=0AVictoria, B.C.<br>=0ABJ8, BT7 tri-carb<br>=0A<br>=0A-----Original=
Message----- <br>=0AFrom: Bob Haskell<br>=0ASent: Saturday, June 20, 20=
20 8:34 AM<br>=0ATo: Neil Anderson ; ROBERT BROWN<br>=0ACc: Healeys<br>=
=0ASubject: Re: [Healeys] Number of Center-change BN7s<br>=0A<br>=0AMatc=
hes Clausager's book:<br>=0A<br>=0AYear RHD RHD LHD LH=
D<br>=0A home export export NA<br>=0A1961 25 =
2 53 134<br>=0A1962 9 3 4 125<br>=0A=
Total 34 5 57 259<br>=0A<br>=0ACheers,<br>=0A<br>=
=0ABob Haskell<br>=0AAustin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar<br>=0A<br>=0A_=
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