In a message dated 7/15/11 9:05:08 AM, healeys-request at autox.team.net
writes:
> I believe that's what I said...
> *
> "Blair Harbor's car, the first production AH with body no. 24..."*
>
> However I never heard about the switching at the loading and unloading. I
> assumed that Jensen would not discard the first 19 or 20 pre production
> car
> numbers and restart numbering with the production cars. Anyone else out
> there know about this, or have an opinion?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
Keep in mind that, at that point in production, body numbers were assigned
at Jensen, but Car numbers weren't assigned until the body was mated with
the engine, and then the car number was stamped and recorded to match the
already assigned engine number. And there's no way of telling without the
factory records the sequence or numbering of production, since the engine
numbers
were in series across several car lines, so consequently there were large
gaps in car number series.
G.
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