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-/150640724451?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2312e309e3#v4-38
Cheers,
Curt
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Randy Hicks <Healey100M at 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 at 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 at 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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