<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">BN4 is a roadster. Door flows into front cowl.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR<br>typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 2:34 PM Keith Pennell via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="color:black;font:10pt arial">Well, not by my understanding. By Webster the 100-4 and BN6 and BN7 would be roadsters. So what would you call all the other models - convertibles? Whether roadster or convertible had nothing to do with the number of seats for a big Healey. Roadsters had a removable top with frame (100-4, BN4, BN6, BN7) and convertibles had the top frame attached to the car (BJ7, BJ8). My .02<br clear="none">
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To: Keith Pennell <<a href="mailto:llennep@verizon.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">llennep@verizon.net</a>>; healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none">
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<div>I always thought the 'roadsters'--mainly, the 'N' series--were
two-seaters (by definition):</div>
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<div>Where are the back seats in a BNX?</div>
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<div class="gmail-m_-2523864170925036119m_-6012073343650286468yiv8400680936moz-cite-prefix">On 8/7/2019 7:54 AM, Keith Pennell
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<div>Not sure what you mean by the 2+2s. The convertibles and
roadsters are both 2+2.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Just happened to stumble across this today:<br clear="none">
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On 8/7/2019 1:59 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote:<br clear="none">
> I must say, I'd never heard of one before. Looks very
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> to have been well and truly sorted. Like the
Miura-like style, but I'd<br clear="none">
> rather have the real thing (Miura) - sorry I know
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> As for price: It has a decent history, it would
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> racing pedigree and is HRDC-registered. It's probably
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> That being said a properly sorted Healey of similar
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> <a href="https://rawlesmotorsport.co.uk/CarSales/austin-healey-3000-mkii-bn7-centre-change-2/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank">https://rawlesmotorsport.co.uk/CarSales/austin-healey-3000-mkii-bn7-centre-change-2/</a><br clear="none">
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> Conclusion: It's over-priced but possibly not by that
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> guess by about £10k. What distinguishes it is what
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> and it's proven performance and competitiveness.<br clear="none">
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> The other thing of course is that if you are going to
race it, you'd<br clear="none">
> better have enough spare cash to be able to rebuild
whatever you break!<br clear="none">
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> As a matter of interest would the Mk1 register accept
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> matter AHCUK HDI?<br clear="none">
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> On 06/08/2019 18:01, <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>
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>> <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-Austin-Healey-3000-Mk1-Jamaican-Historic-Race-Car-285bhp/183909256707?hash=item2ad1d88e03:g:~YwAAOSwWkddRoH8" rel="nofollow noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-Austin-Healey-3000-Mk1-Jamaican-Historic-Race-Car-285bhp/183909256707?hash=item2ad1d88e03:g:~YwAAOSwWkddRoH8</a><br clear="none">
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>> Looks OK if you like that sort of thing.<br clear="none">
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>> Strange name for a car?<br clear="none">
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