[Healeys] 100 Engine Numbers

[Bob Spidell]

Maybe it came from India?



Come on, you were all thinking it ;)



On 12/7/2019 1:48 PM, Michael Oritt wrote:
> Could it be that they were designated for the antipodes and numbered 
> thusly?
> Otherwise I would ascribe it to the Coriolis effect.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 4:02 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn 
> <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au <mailto:p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     Thank you Bill
>
>     It remains a mystery. I have 623 BN1s and BN2s in Australia on my
>     register and of these 71 have engine numbers starting with H1B.
>
>     There doesn’t appear to be any pattern and they are spread over
>     BN1 and BN2s.
>
>     Hoo Roo
>
>     Patrick Quinn
>
>     Blue Mountains, Australia
>
>     (Where the bush is still burning)
>
>     *From:*Bill Kollar [mailto:wkollar at nycap.rr.com
>     <mailto:wkollar at nycap.rr.com>]
>     *Sent:* Sunday, 8 December 2019 2:05 AM
>     *To:* John Harper; Patrick & Caroline Quinn
>     *Cc:* Forum
>     *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] 100 Engine Numbers
>
>     *The engine in my 54 BN1 is a 1B******M*
>
>     *I have no idea if this is the original engine (It was about 10
>     years old when I bought it) but the car was registered here in NY
>     using that engine number.*
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     On 12/6/2019 9:06 AM, John Harper wrote:
>
>         Patrick
>
>         I have never seen an engine number H1B. Possibly somebody was
>         supplying reconditioning engines but genine BMC engines were
>         marked SRB-19 and then a short number
>
>         Best regards
>
>         On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 22:33, Patrick & Caroline Quinn
>         <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au <mailto:p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>> wrote:
>
>             Hello
>
>             The bulk of the engines fitted to the Austin-Healey 100
>             BN1 and BN2 start with 1B, but some start with the H1B.
>
>             Would anyone know?
>
>             Thanks
>
>             Patrick Quinn
>
>             Blue Mountains, Australia
>
>

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