[Healeys] Alloy -Chrome Rocker (Valve) Cover

Curt/Nancy Arndt cnaarndt at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 08:18:18 MDT 2009


John

I believe this option to be rare in that I've only seen two over the years.
It would be nice to hear from others on the list who may have or have seen
this chrome valve cover and/or air cleaners on the 100.

Curt

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:09 AM, John Harper <ah at jharper.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Curt
>
> For what it is worth I would have thought that the chromed air cleaners and
> chromed rocker cover combination on a 100 was rare. The examples I have seen
> had the H6 carburettors and early cold air box when a chromed rocker cover
> were fitted. What do others think?
>
> Regards
>
>
>> The chrome valve cover was available for the 100s only on an exchange
>> basis
>> along with the air filters, and as John Harper has already mentioned about
>> the valve covers, the original filter covers were just chrome plated.
>>
>> Curt
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Jim Lyons <jlyons4 at rochester.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello All,
>>>
>>> The Originality Guide states that  "chrome valve covers were available
>>> exchange from the Donald Healey Motor Co."
>>>
>>> Were these covers available from the factory for the BJ8 in 1966 or just
>>> for
>>> the early 100 cars ?  Can anyone point me to a photo of this
>>> original chrome cover ?   Do any of the parts suppliers offer a good
>>> reproduction of this cover that was available from the Donald
>>> Healey Motor Co. ?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jim
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