[Healeys] Radiator shovel

[Michael Oritt]

Patrick

I have never seen anything re a "shovel" either standard or optional to
100's
Can you expand on this?

i was always of the impression that the purpose of the vertical divider was
esthetic to prevent one's seeing through the opposite wheel opening when a
car was viewed from the side.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 4:54 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> Such a fitting was standard to the four-cylinder cars including a vertical
> piece directly behind the centre of the grille.
>
> During the late 1980s I made up a similar fitting to the BN3 which made a
> big difference. The Healey Duncan has a similar fitting for channelling the
> air upwards and through the radiator.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert
> Begani
> Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 3:22 AM
> To: eyera3000 at gmail.com; 'Healey Email list'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel
>
> The pictures did not have my comments attached,
>
> !. Trim the shovel to fit the frame.
> 2. Shows the way the it should fit to the frame with the flange pointing
> down.  However, I cut the valve hole wrong and had to flip flop it.
> 3. Note the lip should be pointing  down so you can install the mounting
> screws to the frame from underneath and remember to get the hole for the
> radiator drain valve large enough to install it.
> 4. Painted the same color as the car.  Looks good and really funnels the
> air
> into the engine compartment so you do not over heat down to 30-40 mph.
> 5. Should have been a factory install.  I recommend the Shovel baffle for
> all Healey cars.  There never is too much cooling air flowing through the
> engine compartment.  When I was test driving my Healey after the rebuild
> without the tunnel, I could feel the air flowing through the engine
> compartment like a tornado.
>
> Bob Begani
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:05 PM
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> Subject: Radiator shovel
>
> Here are pictures of what I fabricated from the picture I got from someone
> on the list which I no longer have
>
>
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