[Healeys] 100-6 Bonnet

[Richard Collins]

My BN7 440 does not have a ridged bonnet. In the spare parts there is a 100-6
horn button however.
Richard of KY
------Original Message------
From: Editorgary at aol.com
To: mayorrichard at hotmail.com
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100-6 Bonnet
Sent: Mar 5, 2010 17:30

In a message dated 3/5/10 2:25:39 PM, mayorrichard at hotmail.com writes:


 > When I got my BN7 #466 in 1977 it had a 100-6 bonnet with the center
 > ridge. I always wondered if it was the original bonnet. Anyone know when
the
 > factory used up the last of the center ridge bonnets?
 >
 > Richard Mayor
 >
 I don't think anyone is exactly sure when they stopped installing the
 ridged bonnets, though we do know for sure that the use of the ridged bonnets
did
 overlap the later flat ones (it has to do with the reinforcements in the
 six-cylinder hood, and where the prop rod was installed but it's too long a
 story for here.) However, there's no recorded instance of a ridged bonnet
 being installed on a BN7 or BT7 at the factory. Best likelihood is that
you've
 got a replacement hood, either sourced from a 100-6 or possibly a spare the
 the dealer installed to repair an early accident (maybe even an accident in
 shipping, so even the original owner might have received it that way from the
 dealer).

 Cheers
 Gary
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