<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Could it be that they were designated for the antipodes and numbered thusly?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Otherwise I would ascribe it to the Coriolis effect.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU"><div class="gmail-m_3829879219366008715WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you Bill<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">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:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></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">(Where the bush is still burning)<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"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><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"> Bill Kollar [mailto:<a href="mailto:wkollar@nycap.rr.com" target="_blank">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:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><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">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"><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:12pt">_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <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" target="_blank">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/ah100register@gmail.com" target="_blank">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">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">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">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">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">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">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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