[Healeys] 26C Engines

[Derek Job]

Gordy,

Your car is the earliest such number I have come across. I know of others
from 48739 up to 51674.

I suspect the 26C pre-fix replaced 1C sometime around car number 47000, but
they are the same engines.

Derek
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:10 PM, <ggilliam at usol.com> wrote:

> Derek,
>   I think it is a revision level code, "C" was gallery head, "D" is the
> siamesed manifolds? I believe that change took place shortly after mine was
> produced?
>
>   Gordy
>
>
> On 07/30/2014 02:43, Derek Job wrote:
>
>> Gordy,
>>
>> Yes it is the displacement code, but most 100-Sixes had a 26D engine not
>> 26C.
>>
>> Derek
>>
>>  On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:48 PM, <ggilliam at usol.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Derek,
>>>  My '57 Longbridge BN4 has a 26C engine, VIN tag and engine / 47704 ,
>>> left hand steer, exported to USA.
>>>  Were all the gallery head engines 26C?  Isn't that just a engine
>>> displacement code?
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>  Gordy
>>>
>>> On 07/29/2014 14:43, Derek Job wrote:
>>>
>>>  Does anybody have the definitive explanation of why some 100-Sixes had
>>>> engines designated as 26C?
>>>>
>>>> It seems that this occurred in 1957 and included cars with C/E numbers
>>>> in
>>>> the 40,000 range. Most if not all appear to have been CKD kits exported
>>>> to
>>>> South Africa, but I am aware of a left hand drive car with such an
>>>> engine.
>>>>
>>>> On a related point, were the engines that were shipped to Longbridge and
>>>> Abingdon already attached to the gearboxes in Coventry?
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>>
>>>> Derek