[Healeys] Healey/Morris connection?

[Peter Dzwig]

Thanks, Patrick.

I note the ironic use of the phrase "extra seats"! It is amazing what
Health and Safety would let you do then! ;-) - or was it just British
irony?

The car looks magnificent.

Peter

On 02/10/2020 13:56, Patrick & Caroline Quinn via Healeys wrote:
> Hello
> 
>  
> 
> The horizontal grille was a BMC corporate requirement to be fitted to as
> many models from around 1956.
> 
>  
> 
> As to the additional tractor seats, I’m afraid it had nothing to do with
> a Jensen design, although they did modify the first car to see if it
> would work. That vehicle has the standard AH 100 wheelbase and after it
> was realised that only legless dwarves would fit, was the decision made
> to stretch the production 100/6 by two inches.
> 
>  
> 
> That car now sits in my garage. Our 100 BN3 besides being a six-cylinder
> prototype was also the first Austin-Healey to be fitted with the extra
> seats. The attached photo might be of interest as it shows the rough and
> ready way this was done.
> 
>  
> 
> Hoo Roo
> 
>  
> 
> Patrick Quinn
> 
> Blue Mountains, Australia
> 
>  
> 
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of
> *Henry G Leach via Healeys
> *Sent:* Friday, 2 October 2020 4:05 AM
> *To:* 'Michael Salter'
> *Cc:* 'healeys'
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Healey/Morris connection?
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Ah, the wavy grille.  This was designed by Eric Neele, engineer at
> Jensen, to be used on the first 100-6 body produced by Jensen. The
> powers to be wanted a departure from the 100 vertical bars and Neele
> came up with this look, and the tractor seats, to be installed in the
> 4-place Healey BN4 (a misnomer as the "N" stands for two seat roadster).
> (photo)
> 
>  
> 
> As you know over the years the vertical treatment came back to represent
> the original Healey look. As Michael indicates, the parts bins had lots
> of those grilles, and they got used as standard equipment on many models
> from BMC. Hank
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> From: "Michael Salter via Healeys"
> To: pdzwig at summaventures.com
> Cc: "healeys"
> Sent: Thursday October 1 2020 10:49:58AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey/Morris connection?
> 
> Hi Peter, as I understand it the "wavey" grill bars were part of a
> "rationalization" drive initiated under Len Lord's management. 
> 
> All sorts of parts were redesigned to allow for the use of component
> parts to be used across many models.
> 
>  
> 
> M
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Dr. Peter Dzwig