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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><img width=421 height=413 style='width:4.3854in;height:4.302in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D62843.84493B40"></p><p class=MsoNormal>Photo attached of my BN1’s engine as removed (clearly for the first time in its life!) years ago—plate is just a flat piece of steel, not a casting. Apparently just another way for the company to save a few pence….</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sarah Carr</p><p class=MsoNormal>BN1L 2216xx in PA</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">Michael Salter</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:10 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Blanking Plate</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>John is absolutely correct however I would point out that the original blanking plate was actually a beautifully made die casting with ribs in the shape of an X. Also as John mentioned it was installed with small tubular spacers under the nut.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>M</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue., May 12, 2020, 5:57 a.m. John Harper, <<a href="mailto:ah100register@gmail.com">ah100register@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There nothing special about these and they can be cut out of 1/8" steel plate. If you have a gacket set there should should be one to act as a template. </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A small detail, the studs are too long and to be fully authentic you need short spacers under the fixing nuts. It is assumed that Austin did not wish to have different blocks to allow for a mechanical fuel pump being fitted or not.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards</p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>