Does anyone happen to know why there was no
97H 996 I owner's handbook ???
i am interested in the thinking?
in the run for the other owner handbooks the numbering was in sequence with
no gaps
thanks for your insight - jim lesher
> From: peter.svilans@rogers.com
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:09:14 -0400
> Subject: [Healeys] 100-Six Owners Manual
>
> Rick,
>
> Owners Handbooks were upgraded regularly to stay current with the cars'
> developments. 100-Sixes were considered to be "Hundreds" still, and so
> carried on with the 996 series handbooks of the A-H 100, the last of which
was
> publication no. 996/ E for the BN2.
>
> So, the following Longbridge-built 100-Six handbooks have red covers:
>
> 996/ F was the first 100-Six handbook, dated January, 1957
> 996/ G was March, 1957
> 996/ H was May, 1957
996/ I - missing - why is there a gap in the printing number sequence???
> 996/ J was February, 1958, for the BN4 with 6-port head. My copy has
> Supplement AKD 931 for the new BN6
>
> Abingdon-built 100-Sixes began with only the BN6 being produced, not the
BN4
> model. All A-H handbooks from now on now have blue covers.
>
> AKD 947 , no date given, was for the BN6 model only
> AKD 947/ A , no date given, for BN6 and also BN4 from # 48,863 (the switch
to
> Abingdon production)
>
> With a 1959 model, you probably want the AKD 947/ A book.
>
> We're lucky to have such excellent repro handbooks. You can tell the repro
> from an original, in that the repros have an outline Austin-Healey wings
logo,
> whereas the originals were filled in solid in gold.
>
> Best regards
> Peter
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