For the record, I am pretty sure it is my motor that Mike is working on. I
have a Heritage Certificate which gives the build date as 29 Sept to 6 October,
1959. Dispatch date was 13 October. That was for the car, and they may have
had motors built up and waiting for installation, but it ties it down fairly
closely.
Cheers, Mirek
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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Peter Dzwig
Sent: January 4, 2021 5:28 AM
To: gradea1@charter.net; 'Michael Salter' <michaelsalter@gmail.com>
Cc: 'healeylist' <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 6 cylinder engine washers
Completely agree. See my comment which was posted before I read Hank's mail.
It really would be interesting to have dates for the engines, but engine stamps
don't necessarily reflect build order.
Peter
On 03/01/2021 21:21, gradea1@charter.net wrote:
>
> I agree with Ira-production shortage-there were more than one supplier
> punching out these washers for the British auto industry using
> different jigs. Back then they didn't care what the shape was, but
> they desperately needed to ship cars to recover from the war. Mix and
> match was the order of the day.
>
> Here is a quote from my article about Austin from BMC Chief Leonard
> Lord: After the war, the economy in Britain was also in ruins.
> Efforts by the government to improve it, only added restrictions to
> automobile manufacturing. It was a desperate time for Austin, and Lord
> decreed:
> "Get the stuff in by hook or crook...just get it in." So many
> materials were in demand but the scarce supply affected production and
> profits.
>
> Hank
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> From: "Michael Salter"
> To: "Skip Saunders"
> Cc: "healeylist"
> Sent: Sunday January 3 2021 12:54:26PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 6 cylinder engine detail
>
> Good observation Skip and one that made me go back and look again ..
>
> image.png
> As you can see the sides of one of the 2 odd washers (both are the
> same) are absolutely parallel.
> It would take someone with a lot of skill to shear the sides off
> individually to achieve that degree of accuracy on both washers and
> really ... would anyone go to that much effort?
>
>
> image.png
> Additionally the washers have been punched out, not ground or filed to
> size as is evident from the shear marks on the sides.
>
> I realize that this is totally insignificant in the scheme of things
> but being a very poor sleeper I tend to stay awake at night and think
> about these things. :-)
>
> I have found that there is usually a good explanation for these things
> but this has me stumped.
>
> Please ... help me get a good night's sleep.
>
> M
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:28 PM Skip Saunders <tfsbj7@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Judging by the curvature of the washers, the five appear to be of
> the original manufactured type. The two appear to be regular
> washers that have been ground down to fit in the narrow channel. Do
> you see the same disparity among washers in the oil pan (it too uses
> those types of narrow channel compatible washers I believe.)
> Thanks
> -skip-
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 12:57 PM Michael Salter
> <michaelsalter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm working on an early 3000 engine and have found these 2
> different types of
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