[Healeys] Wow, I didn't think this happened anymore!

Patrick and Caroline Quinn p_cquinn at tpg.com.au
Thu Oct 13 23:34:19 MDT 2011


G'day Eric

I just ran down to the garage and the only four-seater BN3 is still there.
However it did spend some time in a junkyard during the late 1950s and
perhaps Paul B. slipped through a time portal.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Eric (Rick) Wilkins
Sent: Friday, 14 October 2011 12:09 PM
To: Paul Barnes
Cc: <Healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Wow, I didn't think this happened anymore!

4 seats, drum brakes = bn4

Or BN3!

Sent from my iPhone, so autocorrects may have inserted some odd words.

On Oct 12, 2011, at 10:49 PM, "Paul Barnes" <fiat500f at aol.com> wrote:

> Today, while climbing through a OLD junkyard, I found a Austin Healey!  I
> don't know if it was a 100-6 or a 3000 as quite a bit of it was gone, but
I
> can say that it definitely was not a 100-4, a BJ8, and it was a four
seater.
> It has four wheel drum brakes and wire wheels.   It must have been there a
> long time.  The front shroud is gone, as are the engine and gearbox.  The
rear
> shroud is there as are the rear fenders, rear axle and diff., front
> suspension, some interior bits.  ID plates are gone.  It was just so
> unexpected to see a Healey in a junkyard these days!  Well, a big Healey I
> mean.  There are like 6-7 Bugeyes in the same yard.
>
> - Paul B.


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