<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Trying it again. Message may have been too big.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 2, 2018, at 8:31 AM, Randall Hicks <<a href="mailto:healey100m@me.com" class="">healey100m@me.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">As I understand it, as early as autumn 1953 "Le Mans modifications" and “Special Tuning equipment"</span><u class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>parts</u><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>were available from the DHMC. These could be bought outright, through dealers or DHMC installed. According to Piggott’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Austin-Healey 100 in Detail</u><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">, the P280 Le Mans Kit (as a complete package) was released in October 1955. If others have documentation showing different, I would be very interested is seeing it.</span><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Secondly, OEW duotone 100M were only done in OEW/Black with Black trim. There was no OEW/Lobella with blue trim as a standard factory option for the 100M. However, remember that 100’s could be ordered in special color or primer.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">This particular car, BN2L/232949, was originally a Black/Reno Red with Black interior trim and hood. See attached BMIHT Certificate.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">I looked at the car in 2008 or 2009 (?) when it was offered for sale by Jerry Bennsinger (OH). It was all OEW with blue trim at that point and I passed for many reasons.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div class="" style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class="">Randy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Randy Hicks</div><div class="">Chairman, Austin-Healey Concours Registry Committee</div><div class="">AHCA 100 Registrar</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:ahca100registrar@gmail.com" class="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">ahca100registrar@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.austinhealey100m.com/" class="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">www.austinhealey100m.com</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="A4212731-5057-40E0-92FF-D581205BF470" class="" src="cid:7C0A9CC8-9BC6-44EB-BD58-9A45CE70A56A@home"></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 2, 2018, at 1:09 AM, Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" class="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div>trrtrr<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">"... Initially, the 100M was a factory-only option and 640 were built at Longbridge. Eventually, customers could order the 100M performance parts as the Le Mans Engine Modification Kit through BMC dealers and have them retrofit to existing cars or fitted prior to delivery."</p><p class="" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I think that's bass-ackwards, is it not? The story I've always heard is that DMH saw how many cars were being retrofitted with the kits and realized he could goose sales a bit in the last year of the 100 by offering a factory '100M.'<br class=""></p><p class="" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This car has blue interior and what could be 'Lobelia Blue' as used exclusively on the 100S, AFAIK. Patrick? I do know that about 70%+ of the factory cars were OE White over black--ours is--can anybody confirm the white/blue scheme is factory correct?</p><p class="" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Bob<br class=""></p><br class=""><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/1/2018 5:10 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:00f601d429f5$44ab2460$ce016d20$@tpg.com.au" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Hello<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Hopefully this will get back to the vendor so these things can be corrected.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">A quick glance shows these:-<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Yes the spears on the guards are on the wrong side but only in the first photo. Open the photos and they have been changed.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Poor fit of the boot lid over the sliding stay.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">There is Kopex tubing fitted for the cockpit cold air duct, but not for the cold air box.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Bonnet return spring covering rubber is too long, should be just over three inches.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">When the radiator and heater hose clamps were changed to the correct type, the hoses were not change. You can still see the indents into the rubber from the screw type clamps.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Front spark plug connector isn’t the same as the other three.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">120mph speedo? Where is the 140mph speedo?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Flexible fuel line from fuel tank in the boot.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Bolts holding the generator bracket to the engine block instead of studs and nuts.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Fit of the soft top is woeful.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">These things are relatively minor as it’s a gorgeous car and the asking price is what genuine 100Ms are bringing these days.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Hoo Roo<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Patrick Quinn<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Blue Mountains, Australia<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>