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Hi People...long time no speak
Time to try and fit a hood to my 58 100/6 Vin No 59375, so an early Abingdon car
I have a frame, but not much else apart from one hole either side
Anyone have a picture of what I have missing and how things should be or what I need?
many thanks....in anticipation
Lee
 

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I have an early Abington car as well. You will want to check Derek's site at www.healeysix.net. You will need the Longbridge style top. The holes receive a two piece arched rod to support a tonneau cover but I believe that was for only cars from 68xxx on. Also, the wheel well arch should be fit with vinyl not carpet (https://www.john-skinner.co.uk/austin-healey/) and the trunk section should be painted body color- I don't believe that was covered in Carpet. You will also need the sliding rail and clip for the Top, available at British Car Specialists in Stockton CA or others as well as the bracket and rubber retaining slot for the top when its up (which is never with my car LOL) - David may be able to help you as he has a Longbridge car if I recall. https://www.healeysix.net/Longbridge Top.htm
Hope that helps!
 
Lee

If you have a camera, take it, and yourself, over to Bill Rawles, he has a load of Healeys kicking around and I am sure that he will have a BN4 in.

To make sure, give him a ring first, you will find him very helpful. You can never get exactly what you want from books.

:cheers:

Bob
 
Just back from Bill Rawles and at first I thought I would need an Abingdon style fixing. ( I did not take the car unfortunately ) Initially I thought given my car was built in March 1958 and is numbered 59375 I would need the Abingdon style hood . However it appears I could need the Longbridge sliding type mechanism as there are no hood mount panels in place with holes to accept the folding frame as well as the tonneau support bar. In speaking to bill he did say the mount panels were available and could be welded in ( see link ) https://ahead4healeys.co.uk/HOOD-MOUNT-PANEL---RH-id3096.aspx so I just assumed the car had been modified. However coming home and thinking about it, and after reading the Healey 100 six page I think it may be one of those crossover models with a Longbridge style hood fixing despite being an Abingdon built car. I must say, looking at my Heritage trust document the prefix for the chassis number is LO/59375 which surely makes it a Longbridge car whereas for some reason I thought it an early Abingdon car. Is that what the LO relates to?
Thanks fellas
 
Leew said:
I must say, looking at my Heritage trust document the prefix for the chassis number is LO/59375 which surely makes it a Longbridge car whereas for some reason I thought it an early Abingdon car. Is that what the LO relates to?
Thanks fellas
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Without knowing the entire Car No. (VIN), I believe that the LO means Left Hand Drive and equipped with Overdrive. Is the entire Car No. BN4L-O-59375? Either way, your car was built at Abingdon. The highest-numbered 100-Six built at Longbridge was 54285.
 
Thank you Reid...absolutely correct. Sometimes old age gets in the way of memory. I did my research a few years ago when I bought the car and looked up all the VIN and it's meaning. Yes, it's an Abingdon car. How do I determine which type of hood it would have been fitted with ? I'm leaning towards Longbridge but how do you fix those sliding runners?
 
You should have a Longbridge style hood. The sliding bracket and spring nut are available but you will need to find the correct top, purchase and mount the retaining bracket and rubber. Derek's site should be a big help - check out the Longbridge top section. The runners just bolt on.
 
If you have a hole on each side that the hood frame fits into, you have an Abingdon car. Your car number agrees with that. You will not have sliders.
 
If you pull back the carpet you will see the holes in the side wall for the slider brackets. There should also be holes for the toneau support brackets. On the left side there will also be holes for the bracket that holds the rubber block that the top secures into when in the up position. Here is a picture of what it will look like if you have the Longbridge style top.
 

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Okay....I've done some research and it seems there were Abingdon cars that had Longbridge hoods fitted in the very early days of March 58, exactly when my car was built. So I am going with the Longbridge fixings which I will confirm tomorrow when I strip the carpet back
healeyblue....thanks for the image, that is really helpful
 
Yep - he is spot on. I have a feb 58 car and same deal- finished like a Longbridge. Except the side curtains which are flat bars but still need the star nuts.
 
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