[Healeys] BN1 or BN2

Mon Aug 9 12:19:31 MDT 2021

Great minds....

Best--Michael Oritt

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 8:53 AM Neil Anderson <neilandcustom at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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