Ken,
How old is your Concours Originality Guide?
This was corrected a few years ago.
I quote from the 2005 Guidelines:
"BJ7's and BJ8's clamps were double wire clips with Phillips screws on the
BJ8; earlier cars usually have round head slotted screws."
We (National Concours Committee) are continually refining and correcting
details each year. The Anderson/ Moment book is one of the very best
resources we have today, but even the authors realize there are many small
details that have been clarifed and improved upon since the book was
published.
Your BJ7 should be fitted with zinc plated double wire clips with fine
thread (10-32) round head slotted screws.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "KENNETH MASON" <meditionm@msn.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: Radiator hose clamps
> Hose clamp, Hose clamp, Hose clamp!
>
> I am trying to come up with the correct radiator hose clamps for my BJ7
> restoration. At this point, I am at best confused and at worst
> bewildered.
> The Anderson/Moment guide states that BJ7 - BJ8 both came with serrated
> /worm
> gear band clamps (no slots for the worm gear) yet their photos are not
> consistent with the text requirements. They also reference AH part No.
> HCS1217 that is supposed to represent the correct clamp. My parts list
> AKD1151, 4th edition illustrates this number to be one of the older
> cotter-pin
> type clamps. I know it is much easier to change the listed part number
> than
> to modify the art work. Graham Robson's "The Big Healeys" has photos of
> both
> BJ7 and BJ8 that use wire type clamps. Geoffrey Healey's book "The story
> of
> the big Healeys" displays wire clamps on a BJ8 on page 109. Brooklands
> Books
> Austin Healey 100 and 3000, 1952 - 1968 has photos of both BJ7 and BJ8
> both
> with wire type clamps. The Originality Guide. by the Concours Registry
> says
> BJ7 and BJ8 had the serrated/worm gear band clamps and that the only
> clamps
> acceptable must be of this type and must also be stamped "Made in
> England".
> Sorry this is so long, but I am trying to do a correct restoration. What
> is
> the correct hose clamp, and where are they available?
>
> Ken Mason
>
> BJ7 in work
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