Now, now, now, Mark,....drinkin' is never needless.
Randy Dickson
Healey Archaeologist
63 BJ-7
Quoting Mark and kathy LaPierre <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>:
>
> Could save a lot of needless bangin, cussin and drinkin.
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Snyder" <johnahsn@olypen.com>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:29 PM
> Subject: Shroud/confusion
>
>
> > Hello List,
> >
> > A few days ago I posted a message, looking for a good tri-carb front
> shroud.
> > These are relatively rare because of the limited number of tri-carbs made.
> I
> > was looking for a BJ7 or BJ8 single light shroud to graft the rear of my
> > shroud onto.
> >
> > Two very well respected, knowledgeable Healey people wrote back and said
> that
> > a tri-carb shroud was exactly the same as that of a 3000 "MK1" of 100-6.
> One
> > even said that the factory parts list did not show a different number for
> the
> > tri-carb shroud. I checked w/ a third person who is not only a Healey
> expert,
> > but also a tri-carb expert. He insisted that the shrouds are different.
> >
> > Then I did what I should have done in the first place. Took a piece of
> 3/32"
> > welding rod 5 1/2" long, bent 1" 90 degrees at each end, and used it as a
> > caliper to measure the width of the shroud between the hood opening and
> the
> > grill opening (the area that the tri-carb expert said was different) on
> the
> > following cars. These cars are mine, and I know them well. 1960 BT7 -
> > original paint, unrestored, never hit in the grill area; 1962 BT7 MK2 -
> just
> > finished a ground up restoration, shroud never hit in the grill area; 1961
> BN7
> > MK2 - ground up restoration last year, never hit in the upper grill area;
> 1961
> > BN7 MK2 - never hit in the upper grill area, but hammered many other
> places.
> >
> > Results: The tri-carb shrouds are 1/4" narrower between the grill opening
> and
> > the hood opening. 2 15/16" vs 3 3/16". Very hard to detect by eye, but
> 1/4"
> > is a lot when you are trying to fit the oval grill piece (w/ eyebrow) in.
> > Still looking for a tri-carb shroud :-)
> >
> > John Snyder
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