[Healeys] Number of Center-change BN7s

[Neil Anderson]

In Bill Emerson's Healey book, page 160 re: MK II BN7, he states at end of
that section, "Of the 355 MK II BN7s produced, only 34 were right-hand
drive and destined for the home market; an additional 5 right hand drive
and 57 left-hand drive cars were produced for export to locations other
than North America.  The North American market received the remaining 259
cars.  These cars are highly prized by their owners for their rarity and
performance."

The Healey blue over OEW roadster pictured on that page, and next has to be
an even rarer BN7 model.  That car is equipped with steel wheels.

So, it makes sense that all the BN7s that came to the States were left-hand
drive.  We may be able to assume that Emerson's comprehensive book is quite
accurate, although a few details have been found to be in error.

Neil Anderson



On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 7:55 AM ROBERT BROWN via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> These numbers are for all BN7s.
> How does one distinguish between the center shift and side shift MK IIs?
> Just curious.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 20, 2020, at 7:28 AM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks, Patrick for your quick reply.  I've seen numbers of 354 and 355
> with the 355 number seeming to be the correct
>  one.  Auction descriptions are probably the least accurate source for
> history, often wrong and surprisingly always in a way that would tend to
> make the vehicle on offer more valuable.
>
> Healthy Healeying,
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> Rick Neville
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> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 8:09 AM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
> p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hello Rick
>>
>>
>>
>> I would be interested in how they arrived at any figure.
>>
>>
>>
>> The first centre shift box in a BN7 MK2 was in BN7/16039 in Nov ’61 and
>> the last was BN7/17547 in Jan 1962. Does that mean that there was 1,508? No
>> it doesn’t as those numbers also included the Mk2 BT7 as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> What we do know are the numbers in 1962 and that’s 141 – 129 in LHD and
>> 12 in RHD. Five RHD examples became Works Rally Cars.
>>
>>
>>
>> So how many were made in November and December 1961? Wouldn’t know.
>>
>>
>>
>> How many BN7 Mk2s were built? In total 355 – 316 in LHD and 39 in RHD.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hoo Roo
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick Quinn
>>
>> Blue Mountains, Australia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *
>> HealeyRick
>> *Sent:* Saturday, 20 June 2020 9:27 PM
>> *To:* Healeys
>> *Subject:* [Healeys] Number of Center-change BN7s
>>
>>
>>
>> Writing an auction article for *Healey Marque* about the auction of a
>> center-change, tri-carb, BN7.  Auction house says 220 were built.  I've
>> seen numbers of 354 and 125.  Anyone have the correct number?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Rick Neville
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