Funny you should mention it, but we are preparing to publish a BN3 story in
Austin-Healey Magazine, even now as we type...
Reid Trummel
http://www.healey.org/magazine.shtml
>From: Joe Armour <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
>Reply-To: Joe Armour <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
>To: Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: BN3's
>Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 00:56:32 +1000
>
>If there is a prize for having seen two BN3's may I claim it?
>The Canadian car is best described as an engineering exercise whilst Pat
>Quinn's car is better described as a pre-production unit.
>Go to Geoff's books and study the X numbers which were the job or
>exercise numbers used to record costs,reports and results of tests and
>you will find additional information on the development work carried out
>by Geoff and Roger. It appears some chassis and test 'mules' saw a
>number of exercises carried out on them,some necessitating the removal
>of earlier trials.For example the books talk of a DeDion rear axle
>having been fitted to the Canadian car and there does not appear to be
>any structure currently fitted that would locate such a complex
>item.[Please these are only my observations.]
>Regards Joe
>P.S. As a matter of interest we can learn a lot more from books on the
>other BMC sports cars assembled in the MG -Abingdon shed.One of the MG
>books has a full listing of these X numbers showing many of the
>developments tested ,some making it into production.
>
>Whats the message buy more than one book and join a couple of clubs for
>the magazines,remember Donald was always wanting to build a better
>mouse-trap with each car he built and we seem to be obsessed with
>returning them all to as per the original mould.The only reason Healeys
>made a run of same cars was due to Austin and then BMC.influence.
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