[Healeys] BJ8 Production start dates

[Neil Anderson]

Thank you Perry and Steve for filling in my missing info.  I guess I wasn't
aware that the Phase II cars started production in sort of mid '64, with
Phase I cars even earlier, late '63.

Neil Anderson

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 1:26 PM Max Byers <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

> Neil, Phase 1 assembly began with chassis 25317 on 11 October 1963 (the
> first chassis number, 25315, was not started until 20 January 1964).
>   Phase 2 production “officially” began with the first Phase 2 chassis
> number, 26705 on 12 May 64 (26740 was begun the same day); however the cars
> were not built in strict chassis number sequence, so there were other
> (higher) chassis numbers started earlier:
>
> Chassis 31338 was begun (and finished) on 5 Apr 64.   I have no record (so
> far) of any Phase 2 chassis number being started earlier than April 1964.
>
>
>
> Steve Byers
>
> HBJ8L/36666
>
> BJ8 Registry
>
> AHCA Delegate at Large
>
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Neil
> Anderson via Healeys
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 13, 2020 11:44 AM
> *To:* Austin Healey
> *Subject:* [Healeys] BJ8 Production start dates
>
>
>
> List and Steve Byers,
>
>
>
> I am trying to verify production start dates (month and year) for Phase I
> and Phase II BJ8s for the Popularity car show class signs I am producing
> for Conclave 2021.  I found the year dates in Bill Emerson's book, but also
> want the month of production start.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Neil Anderson
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