The photo and emails below have been published to my web site at
www.healey6.com/Technical/Striker plate.pdf
ALSO, as evidenced by the above, my sites are now up and running again for
your enjoyment and information. I have a backlog of updates that I will put
on over the next few days.
This has been an ordeal -- trying to move the sites (I have 6 in addition to
Healey6) in order to save some money but, as the old adage goes, you get
what you pay for so moving them to the new platform and back again took a
little more time that I had expected.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich C [mailto:richchrysler@quickclic.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:17 AM
To: Paul Barnes
Cc: John Sims
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100-4 aluminum B-post and sill plates question.....
Paul,
The early cars to change point Body # 2235 (NOT VIN #2235) had much narrower
rectangular chrome striker surround plates mounted to the B post. There was
absolutely no room for error or adjustment in or out on the post without the
hole for the striker shank showing along the edges. Later cars had wider
chrome striker plates that allowed some forgiveness in the position of the
locating holes in the alloy plates. See pictures showing an original early
Coronet cream car with the narrow striker plate, and a later Carmine Red car
showing the later wider striker plate.
One more important point...when doing these alloy plates, I purchase the
Kilmartin ones that are accurate with the proper rectangular depression in
the striker plate area, and allow you to cut your own holes sized as needed.
(John Sims can you post this with pics to your site?)
Rich Chrysler
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