[Healeys] 100 Service Manual trivia query

[Curtis Arndt]

OK let me try this again without inadvertently hitting send.

Richard,

Regarding the BN1/2 owners manuals, the 996/A edition was dated January
1954.  This is the earliest manual that I have.

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

996/A January 1954
996/B April 1954
996/C November 1954
996/D February 1955
996/E December 1955 (BN2)  There are three version of this manual.

Therefore, the very first BN1 owners manual was just 996 dated September
1953. There are two versions of this first manual, however there are very
minor differences in the two.

Regarding the 100 Service manuals, I have...

97H997D September 1956
AKD4851  (1959 - no month given, with a green vinyl cover)

This being said, and given the dates and the numbering of the owners
manuals, I would suspect that there might have been both a 997A and
possibly a first edition 997.  I will do some further research to find the
answer.

Cheers,

Curt




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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