<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I was wondering the same thing as Michael.<div><br></div><div>I have over 3500 BN1 & BN2’s in the AHCA 100 Registry and have no engine numbers starting with H1B. This includes many cars in Australia.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have a photo of an engine plate stamped wit H1Bxxxxxx?</div><div><br></div><div>Randy<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 7, 2019, at 4:38 PM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">That's really weird Pat.<div dir="auto">As I'm sure you know it was common practice to put an H in the engine number to indicate "High compression" but I've never encountered that with the 100.</div><div dir="auto">Is there any pattern with respect to "Sold new in AUS"?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 4:02 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-8278118245372155172WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you Bill<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It remains a mystery. I have 623 BN1s and BN2s in Australia on my register and of these 71 have engine numbers starting with H1B.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There doesn’t appear to be any pattern and they are spread over BN1 and BN2s.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hoo Roo<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Patrick Quinn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blue Mountains, Australia<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(Where the bush is still burning)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Bill Kollar [mailto:<a href="mailto:wkollar@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">wkollar@nycap.rr.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 8 December 2019 2:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> John Harper; Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br><b>Cc:</b> Forum<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] 100 Engine Numbers<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p><b>The engine in my 54 BN1 is a 1B******M</b><u></u><u></u></p><p><b>I have no idea if this is the original engine (It was about 10 years old when I bought it) but the car was registered here in NY using that engine number.</b><u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></div><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 12/6/2019 9:06 AM, John Harper wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><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 an engine number H1B. Possibly somebody was supplying reconditioning engines but genine BMC engines were marked SRB-19 and then a short number<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 22:33, Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif"">Hello</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif"">The bulk of the engines fitted to the Austin-Healey 100 BN1 and BN2 start with 1B, but some start with the H1B.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif"">Would anyone know?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif"">Thanks</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif"">Patrick Quinn</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif","serif"">Blue Mountains, Australia</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/ah100register@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/ah100register@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">John Harper<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">AHC UK 100 Register Secretary<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><pre>_______________________________________________<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Suggested annual donation $12.75<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/wkollar@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/wkollar@nycap.rr.com</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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