Many thanks to all responded to my body number on trunk lid question.
Especially many thanks to Rich Chrysler for the picture which gave me the
clue. My car is fitted with the early support bracket as mentioned by Rich
and I found remains of the number outboard side of the support bracket, but
not around the hole for the support bracket bolt. It is punched in about
half an inch above the hole. As my car with body number 3651 is one of the
latest having an aluminium trunk lid, I expect all cars with aluminium trunk
lids had this early style support bracket. My car was build in the
transition period, where they changed the lids from aluminium to steel and
already got a steel hood (bonnet).
Thanks again,
Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/GERMANY
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Von: Rich C [mailto:richchrysler@quickclic.net]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2006 15:26
An: Eckert, Josef; healeys@autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: Healey 100 Body number in the trunk lid
Josef,
The last digits of the body number will be stamped on the outboard side of
the support bracket surrounding the telescoping support mounting bolt head.
The numbers will often be faint which can allow them to disapear if a lot of
paint is applied.
I enclose a picture of an early alloy boot lid with it's early and quite
unique support bracket which screws onto the inside flange of the lid.
Unfortunately the digits do not show adequately in this picture but they are
right beside the bolt head..
This design was of course superceeded on the steel lids by two other later
designs which prooved stronger. The body suffix number appears in a similar
location on the later lids too.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eckert, Josef" <Josef.Eckert@t-mobile.de>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:05 AM
Subject: Healey 100 Body number in the trunk lid
> On my Healey 100 I cannot find the body number punched into the trunk
> lid, which should be according to the Anderson/Moment Restoration
> Guide punched into the welded-on bracket, with the hole for the bolt
> to the sliding trunk support. Should I find the numbers on the inside
> (towards trunk opening) or
> at the outside (towards drivers side rear fender)? I expect my car is
> fitted
> with an aftermarket lid or the paintwork hides the number. My car has an
> aluminium trunk lid. Are the numbers punched to different places on
> aluminium or steel trunk lids?
> Many thanks for helping to find the number or to realise there is no
> number
> at all.
> Josef Eckert
> Konigswinter/Germany
> 54Bn1, 62BT7, 65Sprite
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