[Healeys] Was the BN4 Ever Delivered New with 4 Wheel Disc Brakes

Wed Dec 16 19:31:58 MST 2015

Hello Graeme

Yes Joe is 100% correct.

You will find a small reference to it in Clausager’s book.

According to records approx 50 were so fitted at the DHMC. Some years back I wrote an article on the conversion and I have attached the copy of the Flat Chat Magazine where it was published.

During the early 1970s I recall one such car was in Victoria. I saw it at Calder Raceway in either 1973 or ’74 during the early 6-hour relay races that I took part in.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn

Australia

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Graeme Molony
Sent: Thursday, 17 December 2015 12:27 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Was the BN4 Ever Delivered New with 4 Wheel Disc Brakes

Good morning guys

I want to throw a cat amongst the pigeons for your consideration/advice.

Up until yesterday I believed that the only Healey’s to ever come out with disk brakes prior to there introduction on 

the 3000 MK 1 was on the 100S model and possibly a few Specials

Trawling the net yesterday to see if I could find the contact details for a Healey guy I came across a posting buy

Joe Jarrick the 100 S guru who lives here in Aust.that indicates that there were a least 40 late 1957 BN 4’s maybe

even 50 that were produced at either Warwick or maybe Longbridge that were equipped with 4 Wheel  Disk Brakes

prior to leaving the factory. It also appears that a conversion kit was available from the dealers at the time

A quick look through  a number of the usual reference books that I have including Geoff Healey’s and Bill Emerson’s

books and Roger Moments Restoration Guide makes no reference to there ever being a 100/4 with disk brakes as 

standard equipment

What say you, does anyone know anything about this claim and maybe there are a few more secrets out there we 

don’t know about

The web site in question including some photo’s of several supposedly original disk braked cars is as follows

www;healeysix.net/DiscBrakes.htm

Look forward to your comments

Graeme M

BJ8

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