[Healeys] BN1 or BN2

[Neil Anderson]

Supposedly, that is what Enzo Ferrari said to people who noticed slight
side to side variations to his car's hand crafted bodies.

Neil Anderson

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 5:54 AM Michael Oritt via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 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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