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

[Jim Werner]

I have a Donald Healey Motor Co. LTD price list for U.S. Forces for the 100-6. The price of a car (100-6) including the M.M. Kit was $2295.00. Years ago this list determined this was one of the only real documents that referred to a M.M. model. Magazines did but nothing factory.


Four wheel disc brakes, servo assisted , were a option at $245.87


Th Warwick Representative was:


Andy Wilson-Gunn
Donald Healey Motor Company
The Cape, Warwick



Jim Werner



-----Original Message-----
From: Wilko2 <e-wilkins at cox.net>
To: Graeme Molony <molony at dodo.com.au>
Cc: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Dec 16, 2015 10:01 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Was the BN4 Ever Delivered New with 4 Wheel Disc Brakes



There was a model called a "Mille Miglia" in marketing literature and adverts that mention four wheel disk brakes.


On Dec 16, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Graeme Molony wrote:




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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