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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I have the Clausager book and thought this question would be
easy to answer until I looked closer. If you make a lot of assumptions this is
one way of estimating the number of Centre Change Mk II BN7's. All the dates and
numbers are from the Clausager book.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>In 1961 the Mk II started production approximately Mar 15,
1961, the centre change gear box was introduced Nov 15, 1961 and there were 214
BN7 Mk II cars produced in 1961. Based on an even production rate 14%
or 29</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial> would have been centre change, assuming the plant
closed one week for the holidays.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>In 1962 there were 141 BN7 Mk II cars produced and all would
be centre change.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Total estimated centre change BN7's is
170.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Total estimated side change BN7's is 185.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>This is a brain teaser and without going through build records
we will never know the exact number.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=262531702-21062020><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Harold</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Healeys
[mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Patrick &
Caroline Quinn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 20, 2020 6:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
healeys@autox.team.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] Number of Center-change
BN7s<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Hello<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>An
interesting question that doesn’t revolve around mechanical bits and
pieces.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>I don’t
think anyone has a definitive answer to the question of centre-shift Mk2 BN7s.
The numbers I quoted last night came from <I>Original Austin-Healey</I> by
Anders Ditlev Clausager which was published in 1990. Back then Anders was the
archivist for the BMIHT and had access to all the build cards and in writing the
book would have gone through them all.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>It’s
interesting to note the numbers on page 90 of the book as while the cars for
1961 are bundled together, there is no differentiation between side-shift to
centre-shift in the 214 Mk2 BN7s built in that year. For 1962 there were 141
built and all these were fitted with centre shift gearboxes with 12 built in
RHD. Of the 12, nine stayed in the UK (five became Rally cars) and three
exported. There are two in Australia (HBN7/18442 and HBN7/18884) with the former
sold new here and the latter being a personal export to New York for a member of
the Australian consulate and eventual export to Australia. I As to the other one
I think it went to New Zealand, but was recent sold back into the
UK.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Bill
Emerson’s book was first published in 2002 and the same figures are mention as
are in the Clausager book.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Yes the
Mk2 Roadster didn’t sell all that well. Why? Probably because the news was out
about the new rain-tight BJ7 was about to be release and in fact the two models
were built concurrently and would have been on some showroom floors together.
The other factor was that buyers had little people and the selfishness of a
two-seater car couldn’t be countered.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Unless
someone is prepared to do what Clausager did and go through the build cards from
November 1961 through to the last Mk2 Roadster, we are unlikely to deduce an
accurate figure of the number of centre-shift Mk2 Roadsters
built.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank
you for the brain exercising on a Sunday morning.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Hoo
Roo<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Patrick
Quinn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Blue
Mountains, Australia</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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