[Healeys] Early BN1 white wheel wells

Derek Job derek.c.job at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 08:02:40 MDT 2012


Mike

Does your car have an all aluminium body? Weren't the first 200 or so
production models still bodied that way


Derek
www.healeysix.net



On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>wrote:

> Oh Wise Ones,
>
> I'm starting on the restoration of my very early BN1 (#174). This is a very
> original and sound, apparently low mileage but badly weathered car. During
> the dis-assembly process I took about 500 photos of details to aid in the
> reassembly.
> I was showing these to a very patient and Rich Chrysler yesterday and he
> commented that the wheel wells appeared to all have been originally painted
> white which seemed odd. Upon closer examination it appears that this may
> have been original because the white paint was only on body components
> which would have been installed at Jensens and not on mechanical components
> which would have been installed later at Longbridge.
> This is a Healey Blue car and I'm wondering if this may actually have been
> done in the factory. It is a pretty rudimentary "quick shot" with no
> evidence of masking but no white on things like the steering column, nuts
> holding the turn signal relay, the original front shocks, the real bump
> boxes or springs, etc etc.
> Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this on a very early Healey
> Blue BN1?
>
>
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