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<p>I think a roadster is a car on which the top disappears into the body when not erected. It can be on an attached frame or completely removable, but it it's not seen when it's down.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Len and/or Marge Hartnett<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Convertible Top.</font>
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<p dir="ltr">Len it's a convertible. Although in modern use any two seat convertible is called a roadster. My BN4 is a roadster. Door blends into front cowl without interruption of window vent or terminated dash.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Ira Erbs<br>
1959 100-6<br>
MKI engine and disc brakes<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 27, 2016 3:00 PM, "Len and/or Marge Hartnett" <<a href="mailto:thehartnetts@earthlink.net" tabindex="-1" disabled="true">thehartnetts@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div>Long ago, someone told me that my Healey was a roadster and I have been calling it that ever since. My California registration certificate lists the Body Type Model as "RD" (roadster?). Here is what my BL Heritage certificate says:</div>
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<div>"Thank you for your enquiry of 17 August concerning your Austin-Healey 3000 Mark III convertible".</div>
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<div>(Note that Austin-Healey has the hyphen. I'm talking August, 1982, here)</div>
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<div>(The Other) Len<br>
Fairfield, CA, USA<br>
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031</div>
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<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="per@schoerner.se" href="mailto:per@schoerner.se" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" disabled="true">
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<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 26, 2016 4:43 PM</div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Convertible Top.</div>
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<div>A convertible has a retractible hood that is affixed to the car and roll up windows. A roadster (which hardly ever has the top up!!) has a removable hood, stowed in the rear, with side curtains. I am befuddled at the need (desire?) to change everything.
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<div>That's too difficult, not fair ;-). Is the frame also fixed to the car? Sorry for my ignorance, but BN2:s doesn't grow on trees over here. Admit that there are a few around, but as I also always have seen them as roadsters I've never thought about it.</div>
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<div>Best regards, Per<br>
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26 sep. 2016 kl. 20:27 skrev Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" disabled="true">bspidell@comcast.net</a>>:<br>
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<div>So what is a BN2? It has an erectable hood, and it's most definitely fixed to the car (by 6 bolts)? I always considered it a roadster, just like my dad's Model A.</div>
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Gents<br>
I think we have to get the definitions right. A convertible is a vehicle that has a removable top, but the top is fixed to the car. Like the case is with BJ7 and BJ8. The BT7 is a roadster, meaning that the top is removable, and is not fixed to the vehicle.
I suggest a simple Googling on this and you will get the terms right.<br>
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