[Healeys] interesting BN1 "survivor"

[Curtis Arndt]

Ken,

Of course I am... If the A of E badges were still being used in mid Jan.
1955, your car built in Aug. '54 would absolutely have had this badge.

Regarding the reflector pods...

As per my "Concours Chart of Changes" article that I recently posted... *The
reflector pods were first used on **body no. 6128 (c221310) Sep ‘54* - Rear
reflectors on pods fitted (NY Auto Show Car).

Early reflector pods were sand cast brass, car 6182 had brass pods and at
least one car as late as body no. 7197 Jan. ’55.  However, pot metal pods
have been found on cars as early as 6973. Further documentation is needed.

My reflector pods were sand cast brass, while later ones were pot metal,
but there is NO definitive changeover.

Also, early cars had orange reflectors while later ones had red ones.  My
car had orange ones as referenced by the attached photo of my restored
originals.  I sourced two NOS pairs for my restoration, a red and an orange
pair, and used the orange ones.

Some original low mile cars, like body no. 7970 built on Feb, 18, '55
(about 10K orig. miles) had both a red and an orange reflector.  No telling
if this was done at the factory, or if it came with two orange ones and one
was lost and replaced or two red ones and one was sunsequnty replaced.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 9:56 AM Ken Fleming <ahmg at aol.com> wrote:

> Curt,
>


> My car is 8/54 just to confirm. Are you confirming that it should wear the
> Austin of England badg?. Was I correct that the pods were added in Aug.
> Thanks for clarifying
>


> Ken
>
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