Just a minor addition: Early BN1s did not have the vertical divider.
#724 has no vertical divider and no holes in the horizontal part where
such a divider could be mounted. The horizontal piece is made of
aluminum and is stamped with '724' like the bonnet.
-Roland
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:11:08 +1100, you wrote:
>Hello Michael
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>In all the four-cylinder production cars there is a single horizontal and a
>single vertical metal piece that serves the main purpose of ensuring that the
>air that comes in through the grille goes through the radiator.
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>That the vertical piece also prevents being able to see from one wheel opening
>to the other is purely secondary.
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>Have a look at this page from the AH Spares website and it?s numbers 68 and 69
>on the right hand side.
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>https://www.ahspares.co.uk/big-healey/inner-body-panels-ibp101-to-ibp286a/
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>There is no such similar horizontal fitting on the production six-cylinder
>cars so that a lot of the air that comes through the grille escapes below the
>radiator and serves no worthwhile purpose.
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>
>Hoo Roo
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>
>Patrick Quinn
>
>Blue Mountains, Australia
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>From: Michael Oritt [mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 9:52 AM
>To: Patrick & Caroline Quinn
>Cc: Robert Begani; Austin Healey
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel
>
>
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>Patrick
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>I have never seen anything re a "shovel" either standard or optional to 100's
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>Can you expand on this?
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>i was always of the impression that the purpose of the vertical divider was
>esthetic to prevent one's seeing through the opposite wheel opening when a car
>was viewed from the side.
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>Best--Michael Oritt
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>
>On Wed, Oct 30, 2019, 4:54 PM Patrick & Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
>wrote:
>
>Hello
>
>Such a fitting was standard to the four-cylinder cars including a vertical
>piece directly behind the centre of the grille.
>
>During the late 1980s I made up a similar fitting to the BN3 which made a
>big difference. The Healey Duncan has a similar fitting for channelling the
>air upwards and through the radiator.
>
>Hoo Roo
>
>Patrick Quinn
>Blue Mountains, Australia
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert
>Begani
>Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2019 3:22 AM
>To: eyera3000@gmail.com; 'Healey Email list'
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radiator shovel
>
>The pictures did not have my comments attached,
>
>!. Trim the shovel to fit the frame.
>2. Shows the way the it should fit to the frame with the flange pointing
>down. However, I cut the valve hole wrong and had to flip flop it.
>3. Note the lip should be pointing down so you can install the mounting
>screws to the frame from underneath and remember to get the hole for the
>radiator drain valve large enough to install it.
>4. Painted the same color as the car. Looks good and really funnels the air
>into the engine compartment so you do not over heat down to 30-40 mph.
>5. Should have been a factory install. I recommend the Shovel baffle for
>all Healey cars. There never is too much cooling air flowing through the
>engine compartment. When I was test driving my Healey after the rebuild
>without the tunnel, I could feel the air flowing through the engine
>compartment like a tornado.
>
>Bob Begani
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:05 PM
>To: eyera3000@gmail.com; Bob Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com>; Healey Email list
><healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Radiator shovel
>
>Here are pictures of what I fabricated from the picture I got from someone
>on the list which I no longer have
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