[Healeys] Early BN1 white wheel wells

[Michael Salter]

Hi Derek,
No this car has steel fenders and doors but aluminum boot and bonnet skins
(steel frames).
I'm by no means an expert on these early cars but as I understand it only
the first 20 (pre-production) cars had all aluminum skins.

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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Derek Job <derek.c.job at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike
>
> Does your car have an all aluminium body? Weren't the first 200 or so
> production models still bodied that way
>
>
> Derek
> www.healeysix.net
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>
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Oh Wise Ones,
>>
>> I'm starting on the restoration of my very early BN1 (#174). This is a
>> very
>> original and sound, apparently low mileage but badly weathered car. During
>> the dis-assembly process I took about 500 photos of details to aid in the
>> reassembly.
>> I was showing these to a very patient and Rich Chrysler yesterday and he
>> commented that the wheel wells appeared to all have been originally
>> painted
>> white which seemed odd. Upon closer examination it appears that this may
>> have been original because the white paint was only on body components
>> which would have been installed at Jensens and not on mechanical
>> components
>> which would have been installed later at Longbridge.
>> This is a Healey Blue car and I'm wondering if this may actually have been
>> done in the factory. It is a pretty rudimentary "quick shot" with no
>> evidence of masking but no white on things like the steering column, nuts
>> holding the turn signal relay, the original front shocks, the real bump
>> boxes or springs, etc etc.
>> Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this on a very early Healey
>> Blue BN1?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Salter