[Healeys] numbers

[Curt/Nancy Arndt]

Mike,

The first number is the batch number and the second is the body number, so
5820 is the batch number and 13519 is the body number.  Since they made just
over 14,000 BN1s and BN2s, yours is one of the last cars.  Cars were built
at Jensen in batches that could be from several cars to several hundred
cars, hence the batch number.

Just Google "British motor industry heritage trust certificate"

BTW did you get my email with the photos?

Curt

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Mike Sinclair <phoenix722 at comcast.net>wrote:

> OK.  On the right side of the block, top surface, above the distributor,
> there
> is a machined spot with two holes; looks like a good place for a number
> tag,
> but nothing there now.  Rich's picture shows it exactly.  But if, as you
> say,
> the engine number on a BN2 is the same as the chassis number, that is good,
> because it is what I used for the title.
>
> On the RH firewall are two plates, one with the chassis number, BN2L
> 231987,
> the other with two numbers:
>
> 13519
> 5820
>
> which I assume are the batch and body numbers (which is which?).
> And, what is the definition of the batch number?
>
> Is this enough information to determine the date of manufacture?
>
> Can someone explain to me (or tell me where to look on the web) about the
> Heritage Trust?
>
> Enough questions for now.  As for the brakes, I have it back together, but
> am
> experiencing some back pain from something, and not in the mood to go
> crawling
> underneath to bleed the lines.  It will keep.
>
> Someone suggested I contact the previous owner, but this would be
> difficult,
> as I have owned the car since 1968, and have no idea who I bought it from.
>
> Mike
> BN2
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