[Healeys] 100 grille shape

[Bob Spidell]

We 'finished' our BN2 restoration years ago, but I remember thinking the 
same thing about the grille.  IIRC, the top of the grille is supposed to 
curve towards the rear; since it's the highest point it has to extend 
rearward some else you'd have a large gap with the shroud (the grille 
opening is a bit 'peaked' as well).  As it is, even with an original--as 
far as we know--grille it takes quite a bit of fiddling to get it placed 
'just so' so there aren't any gaps around its edge.

Bog


On 2/14/2019 8:37 AM, S. Carr wrote:
>         As work progresses in a new shop, we’ve discovered that the 
> front end of my 100 was damaged much worse than we thought (now I know 
> why the car had no front splash pan!)  And I probably made matters 
> worse by selling the original grille—but it was minus a couple of 
> teeth, so undoubtedly bent—and keeping a flea-market replacement.
>         The replacement is also bent—not realized when I bought it.  
> The front of the shroud was pushed in at the right front—maybe from 
> accident, maybe from being moved around in the prior shop for 
> years—and we need a properly shaped grille to shape the nose to (how I 
> wish Moss had the repair panel for _that_!)
>         Photos of the grill are attached.  In particular, is the top 
> of the grille supposed to be one continuous forward curve from side to 
> side, or does it curve toward the rear at the top center?  With the 
> slats removed there should be no problem straightening it—but to what 
> shape?
> Thanks in advance,
> Sarah Carr
> BN1 in PA
>
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