[Healeys] 100-S Engine

[BJ8 Healeys]

"The 100S engine number is stamped on the pad at the top of the block.
Usually it gets machined away when the top of the block is decked for
flatness." 
 
It is truly amazing to me that the designers and builders of Healeys were so
casual (care-less?) about where and how they put the various serial and
identity numbers on the cars and parts.  Surely they weren't ignorant of the
importance of the cars and parts retaining their original identities, but I
can't imagine why they didn't put all the numbers permanently on the items
and in a less-vulnerable place?  Perhaps it isn't entirely fair to pick on
Healeys because I have a PT Cruiser that has no number at all where the book
says the engine number should be.  And my '69 Dodge Charger has its serial
number at the join line between the block and the oil pan and half its
height has been machined away.  I'm the original owner, so it came that way
from the factory.  
 
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA