Curt--
I was not talking about the notch in the X brace but rather the
left-hand shroud support. I thought all M's (and some Le Man's such
as mine) had this. Not that it is binding but the ebay listing says
no accidents so why would the shroud support be straight as shown in
one of the pictures?
Best--Michael Oritt
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Curt/Nancy Arndt <cnaarndt@gmail.com> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> Not all 100Ms had the bend in the "X" brace. I have examined no less than
a
> dozen unrestored original factory 100Ms over the past 25 years and I have
> even seen where body shops attempted to straighten this bend after front
end
> damage. As the story goes, the mechanics at Warwick were supposed to undo
> the front engine mounts, jack up the engine just enough so that the
camshaft
> cleared the brace to install it. Obviously it was easier to just bend the
> brace, and as I heard the story, it was when Geoff Healey was out of the
> shop.
>
> At first blush, this appears to be the real deal. Bottom line... the
> louvered bonnet matches the body number and the rest of the numbers all
> match!
>
> This car does not look much (a bit more rust in the doglegs) worse that
Sara
> Frost's Factory M that Lynn Martin at Forever Healeys restored some years
> ago and it was a Concours winner at last Conclave in San Diego.
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1956-Austin-Healey-100M-Original-Unrestored-/1
50640724451?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2312e309e3#v4-38
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Randy Hicks <Healey100M@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hard to see, but I don't see the bend in the LH shroud support to allow
for
>> the cold air box either. But it is (maybe) an early one so things may not
>> have
>> been completely worked out yet. They were hand built!
>>
>> But it does have a BMIHT Cert. and the numbers do match it.
>>
>> Randy
>>
>> Randy Hicks
>> www.austinhealey100m.com
>> '56 100 M White/Black
>> '56 100 M Florida Green/OEW
>> '55 BN1 Dealer Le Mans (for sale)
>> '62 BN7 MkII with factory hardtop
>> '65 BJ8
>> '53 MGTD
>> Healey100M@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Jul 31, 2011, at 5:21 PM, Peter & Veronica wrote:
>>
>> > Since when were cold air boxes made of steel (or when did aluminium
start
>> to
>> rust?)
>> >
>> > Also no sign of "X" in front of radiator being bent for camshaft
>> insertion
>> >
>> > Peter Linn
>> > Brisbane Oz
>> >
>> > -----Original Message----- From: HealeyRick
>> > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 6:57 AM
>> > To: healeys@autox.team.net
>> > Subject: [Healeys] Original Unrestored 100M
>> >
>> > This looks legit to me: http://tinyurl.com/3k6r4pg What do the experts
>> > think?
>> >
>> > Rick
>> >
>> >
>> > Follow My Nasty Boy Build: http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
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