Rick,
Owners Handbooks were upgraded regularly to stay current with the cars'
developments. 100-Sixes were considered to be "Hundreds" still, and so
carried on with the 996 series handbooks of the A-H 100, the last of which was
publication no. 996/ E for the BN2.
So, the following Longbridge-built 100-Six handbooks have red covers:
996/ F was the first 100-Six handbook, dated January, 1957
996/ G was March, 1957
996/ H was May, 1957
996/ J was February, 1958, for the BN4 with 6-port head. My copy has
Supplement AKD 931 for the new BN6
Abingdon-built 100-Sixes began with only the BN6 being produced, not the BN4
model. All A-H handbooks from now on now have blue covers.
AKD 947 , no date given, was for the BN6 model only
AKD 947/ A , no date given, for BN6 and also BN4 from # 48,863 (the switch to
Abingdon production)
With a 1959 model, you probably want the AKD 947/ A book.
We're lucky to have such excellent repro handbooks. You can tell the repro
from an original, in that the repros have an outline Austin-Healey wings logo,
whereas the originals were filled in solid in gold.
Best regards
Peter
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