Simon,
1. If at all possible, try to restore and reuse the upper brow piece. I've
had some bad experiences with after market brow pieces that are not even and
concentric, with more curve on one side than the other, and they're almost
impossible to reshape. Of course you'll need to trial fit the entire
assembly to the car and try not to harm paint.
The good news here is that in my experience the repro oval surround seems to
be quite a good piece and fits up well with the original brow piece and to
the car.
2. It is the same assembly for the BN7/BT7 Mk 2 as the BJ7 and BJ8. The
earlier 100/Six and early 3000 BN7/BT& grille parts are totally different
and parts cannot be interchanged.
Rich Chrysler
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From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Simon Lachlan
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 3:22 PM
To: 'austin healey'
Subject: [Healeys] Grille surround.
Some guidance please...............
1) I have a MkII BT7. So, the chrome "grille surround" on my car has got a
rust hole in it. (Strange, as the rest of it really looks OK; this hole
seems to have appeared from nowhere!) I shall have to replace it or have it
repaired and rechromed. Any thoughts on that?
But, but....when I bought the car it came with the near obligatory box of
bits/pile of junk. Amongst these was a rather tatty looking "grille
surround" which I dug out of the attic today. After a good clean and polish
it looks OKish and I'm not sure about having it rechromed or not. I'll
probably have both the "top cowl" and the "grille surround" done as that's
such a pig of an area to work in that I may as well make it worthwhile with
rechromed parts? (I've got the wind deflectors, mud flap thingies et al so
it's a crowded area).
2) Anyhow.....I gather that the MkI grille area bits are different from the
MkII but the suppliers' diagrams and lists all seem a bit ambiguous to me. I
don't want to take mine apart until the autumn so I can't compare like with
like. Am I right in thinking that, if the piece is a sort of squashed
one-piece oval, then it'll fit a MKII BT7 as well as a BJ7 & a BJ8??
Simon.
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