<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Hi Patrick--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I now understand and I believe these pieces correspond to the two-pieces that make up part #70 in the Moss catalogue, correct?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><a href="https://mossmotors.com/austin-healey-100-100-6-3000/body-panels-structure/inner-body-panels-bn1-bn2">https://mossmotors.com/austin-healey-100-100-6-3000/body-panels-structure/inner-body-panels-bn1-bn2</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I removed the vertical divider on my 100 in order to mount a pusher fan to the cross-members, and though you may be correct that esthetics played no part in the inclusion of the piece its absence does make things look a bit cheesy when viewed from the side.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael O </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 7:11 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</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"><div lang="EN-AU"><div class="gmail-m_-3225602779262858542WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hello Michael<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">In all the four-cylinder production cars there is a single horizontal and a single vertical metal piece that serves the main purpose of ensuring that the air that comes in through the grille goes through the radiator.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">That the vertical piece also prevents being able to see from one wheel opening to the other is purely secondary.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Have a look at this page from the AH Spares website and it’s numbers 68 and 69 on the right hand side.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ahspares.co.uk/big-healey/inner-body-panels-ibp101-to-ibp286a/" target="_blank">https://www.ahspares.co.uk/big-healey/inner-body-panels-ibp101-to-ibp286a/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">There is no such similar horizontal fitting on the production six-cylinder cars so that a lot of the air that comes through the grille escapes below the radiator and serves no worthwhile purpose. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hoo Roo<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Patrick Quinn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Blue Mountains, Australia<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> Michael Oritt [mailto:<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 31 October 2019 9:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br><b>Cc:</b> Robert Begani; Austin Healey<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Patrick<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have never seen anything re a "shovel" either standard or optional to 100's<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can you expand on this?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">i was always of the impression that the purpose of the vertical divider was esthetic to prevent one's seeing through the opposite wheel opening when a car was viewed from the side.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Best--Michael Oritt <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 4:54 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au" target="_blank">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Hello<br><br>Such a fitting was standard to the four-cylinder cars including a vertical<br>piece directly behind the centre of the grille.<br><br>During the late 1980s I made up a similar fitting to the BN3 which made a<br>big difference. The Healey Duncan has a similar fitting for channelling the<br>air upwards and through the radiator.<br><br>Hoo Roo<br><br>Patrick Quinn<br>Blue Mountains, Australia<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Robert<br>Begani<br>Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 3:22 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>; 'Healey Email list'<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel<br><br>The pictures did not have my comments attached,<br><br>!. Trim the shovel to fit the frame.<br>2. Shows the way the it should fit to the frame with the flange pointing<br>down. However, I cut the valve hole wrong and had to flip flop it.<br>3. Note the lip should be pointing down so you can install the mounting<br>screws to the frame from underneath and remember to get the hole for the<br>radiator drain valve large enough to install it. <br>4. Painted the same color as the car. Looks good and really funnels the air<br>into the engine compartment so you do not over heat down to 30-40 mph.<br>5. Should have been a factory install. I recommend the Shovel baffle for<br>all Healey cars. There never is too much cooling air flowing through the<br>engine compartment. When I was test driving my Healey after the rebuild<br>without the tunnel, I could feel the air flowing through the engine<br>compartment like a tornado.<br><br>Bob Begani<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Bob Begani <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com" target="_blank">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>> <br>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:05 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>; Bob Begani <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com" target="_blank">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>>; Healey Email list<br><<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>Subject: Radiator shovel<br><br>Here are pictures of what I fabricated from the picture I got from someone<br>on the list which I no longer have <br><br><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div><div id="gmail-m_-3225602779262858542DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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