[Healeys] 100 Service Manual trivia query

[Curtis Arndt]

Richard,

Regarding the BN1/2 owners manuals, the 996/A edition was dated January
1954.

In my collection I have all the 100 owners manuals as follows...

996/A
996/
996/



On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Richard Korn <cynicbass at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I have the 97H997D for my BN2 with the supplement bound in.The Bill Piggott
> book has a short section on Austin-Healey Literature and he states,
>
> "With every new Hundred sold a rather distinguished-looking hardback
> driver's
> handbook was issued, in a dark red cover with gold lettering., publication
> number 996. This ran through five BN1 versions plus two BN2 editions, and
> then
> from mid-1954 the do-it-yourself owner was able to obtain an official
> service/workshop manual with a cover to match the driver's handbook.The
> manual
> was publication number 997 and it went through six editions, the first two
> for
> the BN1 alone, the third for the BN1 but with a BN2 supplement, with the
> final
> three versions covering both the BN1 and BN2 models."
>
> I'm sure Peter Svilans or Roger Moment could say whether the first edition
> states 997 or 997A.
>
> Richard
> BN2
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 29, 2013, at 21:29, Bob <robertlarson at att.net> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how many 100 service manual version there are?
> >
> > I have:  Sept 1954 # 997B
> >            Sept  1956  # 997C
> >            Sept  1956  # 97H997D
> >                      1959  # AKD4851  (No month given)
> >
> > Is it a reasonable assumption that there was an original or A version
> prior
> to Sept 54?
> >
> > Anything between 1956 and 1959?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob
> > 55 BN1
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