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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Well, that clears things up! Thanks for the additional detail. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Dimmock<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 25, 2018 5:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com><br><b>Cc:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] engine identification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Exactly! Centre shift is floor located, As opposed to Column shift (as on sedans)<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 25 Dec 2018, at 9:29 pm, BJ8Healeys <<a href="mailto:sbyers@ec.rr.com">sbyers@ec.rr.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>The "U" code applies to all of BMC cars, not just Healeys. Some of those cars have a gearshift on the steering column, some on the floor. "Center shift" as applied to the "U" means a floor shift, not the position of the gear lever on the floor.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Steve Byers</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>HBJ8L/36666</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>BJ8 Registry</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>AHCA Delegate at Large</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Havelock, NC </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002060'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Steele<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 25, 2018 1:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'J. Scott Morris'; 'mitch'; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] engine identification</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>I’m perplexed by the references to the “U” in the engine number in the documents which Scott attached. The first attachment states that 3000 Mk I commenced with engine number 29D-U-H101 and ended with 29D-U-H26212. The second document states that “U” indicated a center shift gear box. We know that all Mark I Healeys were side shift; the center shift was not introduced until near the end of the Mark II BN7/BT7 run in November, 1961 at engine number 29E/2246, chassis number BT7/15881 and BN7/16039, per Clausager’s book. Hence, the 2 documents conflict and my confusion over the statement that the “U” refers to a center shift box. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Clausager states: “However, the engine prefix was later changed, possibly coinciding with the introduction of the six-port engine in 1957. These engines had the prefix 26D, followed by U on non-overdrive cars, and R (or RU) on overdrive cars, finishing with the letter H for High compression” (Original Austin Healey, Clausager, 1990, pg. 87).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Case in point, my BN7, produced 26-28 September, 1960 is chassis number 12656 and engine number 29D-U-H/22855 (my car was originally a non-OD car), verified by the BMIHT certificate. The gearbox is a correct side shift unit. This is in agreement with Clausager’s description.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>So, the assertion that U denotes center shift is quite confusing. Anyone else able to weigh in?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>J. Scott Morris<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 24, 2018 8:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> mitch <<a href="mailto:dayton21@comcast.net">dayton21@comcast.net</a>>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] engine identification</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545664733618_15725"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'>Hello Mitch and Seasons Greetings. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545664733618_15724"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'>The attached files may help a little but the casting numbers are not related to sequential engine production. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545664733618_15723"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'>--Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Monday, December 24, 2018 7:39 AM, mitch <<a href="mailto:dayton21@comcast.net">dayton21@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div id=yiv4990789953><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Hello</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>How do you ID an engine block/or head……that does not have an ID tag?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Do the engine block casting numbers mean anything?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Mitchell</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>Support <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys </a><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/jstmorris@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/jstmorris@yahoo.com</a><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Support <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/austin.healey@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/austin.healey@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>