[Healeys] Convertible Top.

Patrick & Caroline Quinn p_cquinn at tpg.com.au
Tue Sep 27 15:45:47 MDT 2016


G'day

The BN3/1 which I have owned since 1974, is the 100 that not only had the six-cylinder shoehorned into it by the DHMC, but is the first 2+2 Austin-Healey built. It was taken to Jensen to try out the idea of DMH of the extra seating.

It is a four seater.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Blue Mountains, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob Haskell
Sent: Tuesday, 27 September 2016 11:05 AM
To: Per Schoerner
Cc: healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Convertible Top.

I think MGBs were call roadsters (removable top) and tourers (permanent
top) - just to add to the confusion.  Different generation.

Then there's:
	BN-1: two seater
	BN-2: two seater
	BN-4: four seater
	BN-6: two seater
	BN-7: two seater
	BT-7: four seater

So, should it have been a BT-4 instead of BN-4? :)

Patrick - your BN-3 a two seater?

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 MkI registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php

On 09/26/2016 03:22 PM, Per Schoerner wrote:
> Hi
> Perhaps we should redefine the term then, by saying a convertible is a 
> vehicle with a top that is fixed to the body AND quick and easy to 
> erect. That would make the BN2 a roadster again, wouldn't it.
> But I wonder what the rest of the world would think of this idea 🤔
>
> Per
>
> Skickat från min iPad
>
> 26 sep. 2016 kl. 21:13 skrev Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>>:
>
>> Yep, frame is bolted to the, uh, frame by 6 bolts--3 on either 
>> side--and is 'erectable' (not a word, but you get the idea).  Frame 
>> comes up easy with a tug, then you spend the next half-hour buttoning 
>> it down.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---
>> *From: *"Per Schoerner" <per at schoerner.se <mailto:per at schoerner.se>>
>> *To: *"Bob Spidell" <bspidell at comcast.net 
>> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>>
>> *Cc: *"Charlie Schott" <schottc at knology.net 
>> <mailto:schottc at knology.net>>, "healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net 
>> <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
>> *Sent: *Monday, September 26, 2016 12:06:58 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] Convertible Top.
>>
>> Bob
>> That's too difficult, not fair ;-). Is the frame also fixed to the 
>> car? Sorry for my ignorance, but BN2:s doesn't grow on trees over 
>> here. Admit that there are a few around, but as I also always have 
>> seen them as roadsters I've never thought about it.
>>
>> Best regards, Per
>>
>> Skickat från min iPad
>>
>> 26 sep. 2016 kl. 20:27 skrev Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net
>> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>>:
>>
>>     So what is a BN2?  It has an erectable hood, and it's most
>>     definitely fixed to the car (by 6 bolts)?  I always considered it
>>     a roadster, just like my dad's Model A.
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     **
>>
>>     Gents
>>     I think we have to get the definitions right. A convertible is a
>>     vehicle that has a removable top, but the top is fixed to the car.
>>     Like the case is with BJ7 and BJ8. The BT7 is a roadster, meaning
>>     that the top is removable, and is not fixed to the vehicle. I
>>     suggest a simple Googling on this and you will get the terms right.
>>
>>     Best regards, Per
>>
>>     Skickat från min iPad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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