<html><body>Excellent detective work Harold...you must have good records According to my list, if I use your findings; the car came from batch 4021 (62 cars). The following cars went to countries other than the US: Chassis138040 (29) to Denmark, 138100 to Australia, 138987 (45) to Australia...all but 138100 were built prior to August 1953. The first car completed in the next batch 4284 (47 cars), was built on 8-12-53.<div><br></div><div>This may help Patrick to figure out where the plaque was originally assigned, as 138987 is still in Australia and the whereabouts of 138100 is unknown and the Denmark car was built in December All the other cars came to the US and probably had MPH speedometers and 28% overdrives. It would depend on what supplies were available on the shelf, at the time they were built.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a possibility that it was on one of the 4 test cars or AHX17; that they used for record setting. AHR6 (NOJ392)- test car- did eventually ship to Australia after some great history in the UK, and it is restored and existing there now. Hank </div><div><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Harold Manifold" <manifold@telus.net><br>To: "Bob Spidell"<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Saturday December 12 2020 9:32:18AM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brass Plaque<br><br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="986181317-12122020"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I have never seen that Brass Plaque before but I will suggest
it could be very rare. This is what I think it is.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="986181317-12122020"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff">The car it came from is a Healey 100 BN1 with a
<font size="5"><font size="2">Laycock de Normanville</font> <font size="2">series 1260
overdrive and the 4 speed transmission from the A70/A90 with 1st gear blocked.
The rear axle ratio is 8/33 (4.125 to 1) and the tires are Dunlop Road
Speed. The chassis number of the car is prior to 140205 and the car was
most likely built before August 1953. I suspect the car had a speedometer in MPH
but he car was exported to a country where the speed limits were in kilometres
per hour.</font></font></font></font></font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="986181317-12122020"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">According to the Clausager book only a handful of these
cars were built with the 1260 overdrive and even fewer were exported to a
country with km speed limits.</font></font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="986181317-12122020"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I trust this helps,</font></span></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Healeys
[mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob
Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 11, 2020 8:30 PM<br><b>To:</b>
healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Brass
Plaque<br></font><br></div>
<div></div>I've never seen one of these, but I've made similar when my
speedometer was acting up.<br><br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/11/2020 7:21 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a> wrote:<br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello</p>
<p> </p>I have been asked if I could identify this brass plaque.
<p> </p>While I recognise the script as the same as found on page A/5 in
the 100 Service Manual and page 22 of the Owner's Handbook, I have never seen
the plaque before.
<p> </p>Anyone familiar with it?
<p> T</p>hanks
<p> </p>Patrick Quinn
<p class="MsoNormal">Blue Mountains,
Australia</p><br></blockquote><br></manifold@telus.net></div></body></html>