[Healeys] numbers

[Mike Sinclair]

Tx.  Yes on the photos.  My firewall plates are painted over, but readable.

Mike
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Curt/Nancy Arndt
  To: Mike Sinclair
  Cc: Healey Forum
  Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 7:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [Healeys] numbers


  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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