[Healeys] Brass Plaque

[Michael Oritt]

I find it hard to believe that someone would go to the trouble to have such
a plaque done as a one-off.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 5:25 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> Hello
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> Thanks for all that.
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> I will explore further. I do have a record of 138987 as being in
> Australia, but its full chassis number is BN1L/138987.
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> NOJ 392 went back to the UK some years back.
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick
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> *From:* gradea1 at charter.net [mailto:gradea1 at charter.net]
> *Sent:* Sunday, 13 December 2020 5:22 AM
> *To:* 'Harold Manifold'
> *Cc:* 'healeys at autox.team.net'; 'p_cquinn at tpg.com.au'
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Brass Plaque
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> Excellent detective work Harold...you must have good records According to
> my list, if I use your findings; the car came from batch 4021 (62 cars).
> The following cars went to countries other than the US:  Chassis138040 (29)
> to Denmark, 138100 to Australia, 138987 (45) to Australia...all but 138100
> were built prior to August 1953. The first car completed in the next batch
> 4284 (47 cars), was built on 8-12-53.
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> This may help Patrick to figure out where the plaque was originally
> assigned, as 138987 is still in Australia and the whereabouts of 138100 is
> unknown and the Denmark car was built in December All the other cars came
> to the US and probably had MPH speedometers and 28% overdrives. It would
> depend on what supplies were available on the shelf, at the time they were
> built.
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> There is a possibility that it was on one of the 4 test cars or AHX17;
> that they used for record setting. AHR6 (NOJ392)- test car- did eventually
> ship to Australia after some great history in the UK, and it is restored
> and existing there now.  Hank
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> From: "Harold Manifold"
> To: "Bob Spidell"
> Cc:
> Sent: Saturday December 12 2020 9:32:18AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brass Plaque
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> Patrick,
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> I have never seen that Brass Plaque before but I will suggest it could be
> very rare. This is what I think it is.
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> The car it came from is a Healey 100 BN1 with a Laycock de Normanville series
> 1260 overdrive and the 4 speed transmission from the A70/A90 with 1st gear
> blocked. The rear axle ratio is 8/33 (4.125 to 1) and the tires are Dunlop
> Road Speed.  The chassis number of the car is prior to 140205 and the car
> was most likely built before August 1953. I suspect the car had a
> speedometer in MPH but he car was exported to a country where the speed
> limits were in kilometres per hour.
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> According to the Clausager book only a handful of these cars were built
> with the 1260 overdrive and even fewer were exported to a country with km
> speed limits.
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> I trust this helps,
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> Harold
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Bob
> Spidell
> *Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2020 8:30 PM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Brass Plaque
>
> I've never seen one of these, but I've made similar when my speedometer
> was acting up.
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> On 12/11/2020 7:21 PM, p_cquinn at tpg.com.au wrote:
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> Hello
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> I have been asked if I could identify this brass plaque.
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> While I recognise the script as the same as found on page A/5 in the 100
> Service Manual and page 22 of the Owner's Handbook, I have never seen the
> plaque before.
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> Anyone familiar with it?
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>  T
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> hanks
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Blue Mountains, Australia
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