Our early BN2, #228086, built 23 August 1955, has original front fenders
(wings) and the measurement on both are 7-7/8 inches. Hope that info doesn't
require rewriting the Concours Guidelines. One car does not make a rule........
Aloha
Perry
>
> There were actually 3 different front wheel opening sizes on the 100s.
> The
> size of the opening is best measured by the distance from the top of the
> wing above the highest point of the wheel opening straight down to that
> opening..
>
> On the earliest 100s, from before body number 900 (body # 883 documented),
> this distance measures anywhere from 9 3/8 to 9 1/2 inches. These early
> '53
> BN1's have the smallest front wheel openings as Bill Barnett (#663) and
> Roland Wilhelmy (#724) can attest. BTW, this comes from personal
> observation on almost a dozen original cars.
>
> On the later BN1's and *around the first 600 BN2's* this distance is a
> consistent 9 inches *+*.
>
> On the remaining BN2's the wheel opening was increased substantially and
> this distance now measures 7 1/2 to 7 3/4 *+* inches. There are even some
> reports of early BN2's with one small opening wing on one side and a large
> opening wing on the other, but these are not well documented.
>
> This is all well documented in the Concours Guidelines.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt Arndt -
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