<html><body><div>Patrick,</div><div> Mine also did not have the vertical divider. It was #598 and all stock. I'll look through some old photos and see if I can find some when I had the grill out of the car.</div><div>Steven Kingsbury</div><div><br>On October 30, 2019 at 4:50 PM, "Patrick & Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">That's interesting!<br><br>Wonder if the pre-production cars had anything? The BN3 certainly didn't<br>when it I bought it in 1974, but there is a lot less room between its<br>radiator and the grille.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Patrick Quinn<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:sentenac.rw@gmail.com" data-mce-href="mailto:sentenac.rw@gmail.com">sentenac.rw@gmail.com</a> [mailto:sentenac.rw@gmail.com] <br>Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 10:38 AM<br>To: Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br>Cc: 'Michael Oritt'; 'Austin Healey'<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel<br><br>Just a minor addition: Early BN1s did not have the vertical divider.<br>#724 has no vertical divider and no holes in the horizontal part where<br>such a divider could be mounted. The horizontal piece is made of<br>aluminum and is stamped with '724' like the bonnet.<br><br>-Roland<br><br>On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:11:08 +1100, you wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Hello Michael</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">In all the four-cylinder production cars there is a single horizontal and a</blockquote>single vertical metal piece that serves the main purpose of ensuring that<br>the air that comes in through the grille goes through the radiator.<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">That the vertical piece also prevents being able to see from one wheel</blockquote>opening to the other is purely secondary.<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Have a look at this page from the AH Spares website and it's numbers 68 and</blockquote>69 on the right hand side.<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><a href="https://www.ahspares.co.uk/big-healey/inner-body-panels-ibp101-to-ibp286a/" data-mce-href="https://www.ahspares.co.uk/big-healey/inner-body-panels-ibp101-to-ibp286a/">https://www.ahspares.co.uk/big-healey/inner-body-panels-ibp101-to-ibp286a/</a></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">There is no such similar horizontal fitting on the production six-cylinder</blockquote>cars so that a lot of the air that comes through the grille escapes below<br>the radiator and serves no worthwhile purpose. <br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Hoo Roo</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Patrick Quinn</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Blue Mountains, Australia</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">From: Michael Oritt [mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com]</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 9:52 AM</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">To: Patrick & Caroline Quinn</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Cc: Robert Begani; Austin Healey</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Patrick</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">I have never seen anything re a "shovel" either standard or optional to</blockquote>100's<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Can you expand on this?</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">i was always of the impression that the purpose of the vertical divider was</blockquote>esthetic to prevent one's seeing through the opposite wheel opening when a<br>car was viewed from the side.<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Best--Michael Oritt</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 4:54 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn</blockquote><p_cquinn@tpg.com.au> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Hello</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Such a fitting was standard to the four-cylinder cars including a vertical</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">piece directly behind the centre of the grille.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">During the late 1980s I made up a similar fitting to the BN3 which made a</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">big difference. The Healey Duncan has a similar fitting for channelling the</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">air upwards and through the radiator.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Hoo Roo</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Patrick Quinn</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Blue Mountains, Australia</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">-----Original Message-----</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Begani</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 3:22 AM</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">To: <a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" data-mce-href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>; 'Healey Email list'</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">The pictures did not have my comments attached,</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">!. Trim the shovel to fit the frame.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">2. Shows the way the it should fit to the frame with the flange pointing</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">down. However, I cut the valve hole wrong and had to flip flop it.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">3. Note the lip should be pointing down so you can install the mounting</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">screws to the frame from underneath and remember to get the hole for the</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">radiator drain valve large enough to install it.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">4. Painted the same color as the car. Looks good and really funnels the</blockquote>air<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">into the engine compartment so you do not over heat down to 30-40 mph.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">5. Should have been a factory install. I recommend the Shovel baffle for</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">all Healey cars. There never is too much cooling air flowing through the</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">engine compartment. When I was test driving my Healey after the rebuild</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">without the tunnel, I could feel the air flowing through the engine</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">compartment like a tornado.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Bob Begani</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">-----Original Message-----</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">From: Bob Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:05 PM</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">To: <a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" data-mce-href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>; Bob Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com>; Healey Email list</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><healeys@autox.team.net></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Subject: Radiator shovel</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Here are pictures of what I fabricated from the picture I got from someone</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">on the list which I no longer have</blockquote><br><br>-- <br>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" data-mce-href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus">https://www.avast.com/antivirus</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support <a href="http://Team.Net" data-mce-href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" data-mce-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" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" data-mce-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/airtightproductions@icloud.com" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/airtightproductions@icloud.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/airtightproductions@icloud.com</a><br><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>