[Healeys] BT7 --> BJ8?

[BJ8Healeys]

Thanks for your thoughts, Jean.  The door hinges are from a BJ7 or Phase 1
BJ8.  All of the body parts I see in the photos are BJ7 or Phase 1 BJ8.
Some photos show "spare parts", including what appears to be an armrest and
shreds of original red carpet from a BT7, along with a pre-BJ8 speedometer.


I am not familiar enough with pre-BJ8 models to say whether the convertible
windshield and doors would fit on a BT7, but I think they would not.
Perhaps the VIN plate on the firewall belongs to those BT7 "spare parts".  I
think it more likely that someone had a Phase 1 BJ8 and put a BT7 VIN plate
on the firewall than that they tried to make a BJ8 out of a BT7.  In that
case, why keep the BT7 VIN plate?  

 

As far as I know, BHCC just sells the cars they buy on to someone else and
don't restore or repair them.  I wouldn't think they would be assembling a
car from miscellaneous parts.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

 

 

From: Jean Caron [mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 10:33 AM
To: BJ8Healeys; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BT7 --> BJ8?

 

Steve, 

Looking at the photos, it appears that the chassis is indeed from a BJ7 or
BJ8, at least the "B" posts have the holes for the door latch from a BJ8.
However the door hinges are from an earlier model for sure as the later cars
had the square plates against the "A" posts from what I recall. The front
shroud of a BJ8 is quite different at the windshield so the front shroud of
a BT7 would not work for a BJ7/BJ8 from what I know. I think as you
indicated they simply used a BT7 Serial number. It certainly appears that
they are trying to get rid of some of their parts accumulated over the years
and they had enough for one car. Dealers such as that place could not care
less as long as there is money for them in the end. 

 

Jean

 

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of BJ8Healeys
<sbyers at ec.rr.com>
Sent: February 8, 2017 12:43 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] BT7 --> BJ8? 

 

Beverly Hills Car Club has a car for sale that they say is HBT7L3678. The
car has the features of a BJ7 or Phase 1 BJ8 and none of a BT7. Is it
physically possible without major structural modification to create a
BJ7/BJ8 from a BT7? Can a convertible windshield and doors be used directly
onto a BT7 body?
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Yes, I know it's easier just to put a BT7 VIN plate on a BJ8, but that isn't
the question.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

 

 

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