[Healeys] Convertible Top.

WILLIAM B LAWRENCE YNOTINK at msn.com
Tue Sep 27 20:54:22 MDT 2016


I think a roadster is a car on which the top disappears into the body when not erected. It can be on an attached frame or completely removable, but  it it's not seen when it's down.


Bill Lawrence


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Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:46 PM
To: Len and/or Marge Hartnett
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Convertible Top.


Len it's a convertible. Although in modern use any two seat convertible is called a roadster. My BN4 is a roadster. Door blends into front cowl without interruption of window vent or terminated dash.

Ira Erbs
1959 100-6
MKI engine and disc brakes
Portland,OR

On Sep 27, 2016 3:00 PM, "Len and/or Marge Hartnett" <thehartnetts at earthlink.net<mailto:thehartnetts at earthlink.net>> wrote:

Long ago, someone told me that my Healey was a roadster and I have been calling it that ever since.  My California registration certificate lists the Body Type Model as "RD" (roadster?).  Here is what my BL Heritage certificate says:

"Thank you for your enquiry of 17 August concerning your Austin-Healey 3000 Mark III convertible".

(Note that Austin-Healey has the hyphen.  I'm talking August, 1982, here)

(The Other) Len
Fairfield, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031

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To: per at schoerner.se<mailto:per at schoerner.se>
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Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Convertible Top.

A convertible has a retractible hood that is affixed to the car and roll up windows. A roadster (which hardly ever has the top up!!) has a removable hood, stowed in the rear, with side curtains. I am befuddled at the need (desire?) to change everything. IMHO.

Cheers,

Doug


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

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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.

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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

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