[Healeys] Help with BT7 (new thread - I got bounced again!!!!!)

[BJ8 Healeys]

I have several cars in the BJ8 registry that were not equipped with heaters
and/or overdrive from the factory.  Most cars that did not have overdrive
were Home market cars or were Personal Export Delivery cars ordered without
overdrive. I suppose typical driving distances in the UK were short enough
that overdrive wasn't thought necessary and some PED owners didn't want to
spend the extra money for the option.  One PED car went to Canada without a
heater (B-R-R-R!), one non-PED car without heater went to Hawaii, one went
to Singapore.  Relative to the total cars built, cars without heaters and
overdrive were rare, but those were still optional items.

The "O" and "S" in the VINs of earlier models were not included in 3000s
because of a change in VIN format.  Earlier cars had a VIN of the form
BN4L.... With the introduction of the BN7/BT7, an "H" was added to the front
of the VIN to signify "Healey" and the "O" and "S" was dropped.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Derek Job
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 3:07 PM
To: Per Schoerner
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Help with BT7 (new thread - I got bounced again!!!!!)

Thanks for pointing that out guys. The 100-Six had Standard and De Luxe
models. The 'De Luxe' included overdrive, a heater, two tone paint and Road
Speed tyres.

Were the heater and overdrive included on all 3000s? If so it would explain
why there is no 'O' in the VIN, as they all had them. I photographed a
100-Six without a heater last month, they are very rare. Roger Moment said
he has never seen a 3000 without one so probably that was standard as well.

Anyone out there with a 3000 that doesn't have the heater and O?D?

Derek