[Healeys] 100 front shroud "nose" measurements

[WILLIAM B LAWRENCE]

Looks like the answers are all over the place. I think the real answer is that the seam where the front of the fender and the shroud meet may be the only straight line on the car. If you are sure the top of the shroud above the headlamp is true then just try dropping a line straight down from there and I think the dimension should be close.

Bill Lawrence
BN1 #554
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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Steven Kingsbury via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 10:59 PM
To: S. Carr <britfan1 at epix.net>
Cc: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 front shroud "nose" measurements

I now have a '55 BN1 and measured the front for you as per your requirements. A is 43 1/4 " across and the measurement for B is 42 1/4" across. Hope this helps.
Steven Kingsbury

On August 7, 2019 at 8:29 AM, "S. Carr" <britfan1 at epix.net> wrote:

We’ve finally found a good metal-worker to re-shape the damaged nose of my BN1.  The challenge is to know what the proper shape is!  I have both an original splash apron and a steel repro—identical in shape—which clearly show that the lower right side of the nose was pushed in quite a bit and so the bottom of the front shroud is narrower across than original.  (Now I understand why the car had no splash apron at all when I bought it 23 years ago....)

Of course a template would be ideal, but measurements would be adequate.  Can one or more of you give me the measurements across the front of the nose, as marked in the picture?
                        [front shroud - nose crop&lighten--marked-4x6]
I bought a lower nose repair panel from AH Spares (area from about point “A” down) but it doesn’t fit the contour of the original splash apron, and the metal-worker prefers to straighten the original rather than re-shape the replacement panel.  (Anybody want to buy said panel?)

As always, thanks in advance for your help!

Sarah Carr
BN1 in PA


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