[Healeys] bn

[Patrick and Caroline Quinn]

G'day Mike

Austin-Healey nomenclature will probably always remain a mystery of life,
unless someone who was within the corridors of Longbridge or Abingdon lets
out the secret.

Yes everyone is correct, BN generally means a two-seater roadster, the four
seater roadsters are the BTs and BJ stands for the convertible models.

However then how do you explain the BN4?

My car, the BN3/1 is a four-seater six-cylinder motor car, in fact it was
the first four-seater Austin-Healey built. It wasn't the Donald Healey Motor
Company who set out to confuse owners of the future, for if it was, my car
wouldn't be a BN series car.

My guess is that someone at Longbridge or Abingdon got it within their head
that there should be some way of differentiating between the 4 and 2 seater
cars. For some reason this didn't happen through the build period of the
100/6, but probably when the 3000 was under design.

Confusing? Sure is. But after being involved for forty years it all becomes
clear.

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 Mike Sinclair
Sent: Friday, 28 October 2011 3:10 AM
To: Healey Forum
Subject: [Healeys] bn

Quick question.  Can someone explain the signifigance of BN, BJ, etc.?  Do
the
initials stand for something?

Mike
BN2
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