I'm sure the correct answer is that the triangular piece on the head near the
thermostat housing was associated with the thermal starting carb Healey used
briefly, April to November, 1959. Interestingly, that feature is missing on my
'60 BN7--about which Steve knows a great deal. However, the car does have the
thermal carb intake manifold, which had three internally siamized ports in the
top for the hoses from the starting carb that fed gas to the engine. These
caused me a lot of puzzlement after I bought my car, but eventually someone led
me to an eBay ad for a manifold with this system.
On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 2:32 PM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
Actually, Bob, it is the front shroud that isnbt bcorrectb on this car.
The turn signal/parking light/taillight configuration was a bbodyb
feature. The change point for the dual lights in front and the large amber
turn signal at the rear was body number 76138 (for cars that were not going to
Sweden or Germany). This car has body 75505, so it should have the single
large clear plastic lens of the early Phase 2 cars in front.
The byearb of a Healey isnbt as significant as what we are used to with
American cars because the cars werenbt built by bmodel yearb, so it is
misleading to use the byearb as the guide for what is a correct
configuration, especially for cars that were built near the change points.
All that said, I have seen enough cars with configuration anomalies that I
have begun to believe that many BJ8s left the factory with bincorrectb
features and it is difficult to be 100% sure of what is original and what is
not.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
AHCA Delegate at Large
Havelock, NC USA
From: Bob Spidell [mailto:bspidell@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:37 PM
To: Michael Salter
Cc: BJ8Healeys; healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] What is it?
Also, rear shroud doesn't look correct (believe a '66 should have the amber
turn signals of a Phase 2, no?).
Given that and what Michael says, it appears this car may have been pieced
together.
Bob
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Hi Steve,
Pretty sure that the car has an earlier head on it which was used with the
"thermo carb" cold starting system and the plate is covering the hole in
the head where the "Otter" switch to control the thermo carb was located.
Michael S
BN1 #174
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