[Healeys] BN1 or BN2

[Michael Oritt]

Roland--

As with sideburns, one cannot see both fenders at the same time so I see no
reason why their being different would matter!

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 7:56 PM sentenac.rw--- via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Lots of things can happen.  I had a new BN2 in 1956.  A friend
> accidentally backed into it denting the left rear fender.  I took it
> to the dealer to get it fixed.  They were out of swedged rear fenders
> and so they put an unswedged fender on the car.  If my Healey is still
> in existence it probably has one swedged and one unswedged rear
> fender.
>
> -Roland
>
> On Sun, 08 Aug 2021 22:55:35 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >Original alloy fenders were mounted until gone; then they applied
> >steel rear wings w/o a swedge line and they got mounted until they
> >were all gone; then they started using the "new" swedged wings.
> >Donald Healey requested in 1953 that the doors and wings be made of
> >steel, as the delivered cars were showing up damaged. (dock workers
> >with big boots) It took some time to get these into production, and no
> >one kept of record of when they changed over. Such is history. Hank
> >
> >       -----------------------------------------From: "healeyguy--- via
> >Healeys"
> >To: "healeys at autox.team.net"
> >Cc: "healeys at autox.team.net"
> >Sent: Sunday August 8 2021 3:23:02PM
> >Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN1 or BN2
> >
> >  Car # 228086, built 23Aug1955 as a BN2, does not have the body line
> >(swedge line) behind the rear tires. Perry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Oritt via Healeys
> > To: Brian Drab
> > Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> > Sent: Sun, Aug 8, 2021 5:34 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN1 or BN2
> >
> >     Brian--
> >  My 12/54 car #222333 is definitely a BN1 so if the s/n you have is
> >accurate it should unquestionably be a BN1.  There are a number of
> >points of differentiation between the two models, some of which would
> >be rather expensive to fudge from an earlier BN1 to a BN2--is there a
> >swedge line in the rear fenders?
> >  Best--Michael Oritt
> >   On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 4:27 PM Brian Drab via Healeys  wrote:
> >    Further to the questions on the disc brake conversion, there is
> >now a bit of confusion about what model this 100 is. The VIN appears
> >to be B222066. The question is – is it a BN1 or a BN2. Unfortunately
> >there have been some modifications to the car in it’s earlier years
> >which really cloud it’s true model.  Brian Drab Vancouver
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