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Bruce Bowker
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ever see a bn4 with a 6 cyl? ebay item# "4606483113" claims this car is a bn4 i.d. tag "bn4l-0-4142" something got switched! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif
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I don't quite understand. All BN4's had 6 cylinders.
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ever see a bn4 with a 6 cyl? ebay item# "4606483113" claims this car is a bn4 i.d. tag "bn4l-0-4142" something got switched! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif
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I don't quite understand. All BN4's had 6 cylinders.
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Never have seen one that didn`t have a 6 cylinder in it. Skip
Never have seen one that didn`t have a 6 cylinder in it. Skip
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Anthony, I have to keep checking the body designations too. The BN4 was a 6 cylinder, the first 100/6. Still a 100, but a six, not a 3000 yet. the way I remember it is in a kind of multiple of '6'. If I pretend that the first 'Austin Healey 100' was in '53, actually the first one wasn't delivered to the USA till '53, then for about 3 years it was the 4 cylinder cars (BN1s &BN2s). Then in '56 it was the first 6 cyl cars, the 100/6s,(earliest designation BN4) then about 3 years later in '59 it was the 3000s. Now '59 to '63 was more than 3 years but close, then the BJ8 which I consider to be the epitome of the final evolution. I hope I've done a good job of confusing everything.
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Anthony, I have to keep checking the body designations too. The BN4 was a 6 cylinder, the first 100/6. Still a 100, but a six, not a 3000 yet. the way I remember it is in a kind of multiple of '6'. If I pretend that the first 'Austin Healey 100' was in '53, actually the first one wasn't delivered to the USA till '53, then for about 3 years it was the 4 cylinder cars (BN1s &BN2s). Then in '56 it was the first 6 cyl cars, the 100/6s,(earliest designation BN4) then about 3 years later in '59 it was the 3000s. Now '59 to '63 was more than 3 years but close, then the BJ8 which I consider to be the epitome of the final evolution. I hope I've done a good job of confusing everything.
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bruce,skip,lynnof cource your right,was looking at another item,the b,j auction has my eyes blurry! sorry for the confusion.anthony7777
bruce,skip,lynnof cource your right,was looking at another item,the b,j auction has my eyes blurry! sorry for the confusion.anthony7777
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It is interersting with a BN4L-O-4142 ID?, there should actually be 5 digits 4142X.
The first BN4s built started with #22598, but also, since I see the doors include a lockable drivers door per the photos, this featured door was dropped in Sept 57 around # 48387
So this may be some kind of rarity??
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It is interersting with a BN4L-O-4142 ID?, there should actually be 5 digits 4142X.
The first BN4s built started with #22598, but also, since I see the doors include a lockable drivers door per the photos, this featured door was dropped in Sept 57 around # 48387
So this may be some kind of rarity??
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healy106,i thought the car should have been a bn2,could tell by the numbers somthing wasnt right,felt they did some "switching around".anthony7777 1963 3000 M.K.II
healy106,i thought the car should have been a bn2,could tell by the numbers somthing wasnt right,felt they did some "switching around".anthony7777 1963 3000 M.K.II
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7777 - the low number may have been for a BN2, but with the BN4L-O-, this tells you, it is a left hand drive with overdrive. Then looking at the pics, you can easily see it is a 4 seater, with the front shroud of a 100-SIX. I would have to give them the benefit of the doubt, that they simply failed to pick up the 5th digit of the 5 digit number
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7777 - the low number may have been for a BN2, but with the BN4L-O-, this tells you, it is a left hand drive with overdrive. Then looking at the pics, you can easily see it is a 4 seater, with the front shroud of a 100-SIX. I would have to give them the benefit of the doubt, that they simply failed to pick up the 5th digit of the 5 digit number
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healy106,i personally know of several instances were people tried to register a healey and were told by the dmv.thier vin# never existed and or the vin# was not for thier particular model,bummer! especally when several thousons of dollars had already been spent on them.kinda made me gun shy when i see numbers that look as if they have been contrived. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif
healy106,i personally know of several instances were people tried to register a healey and were told by the dmv.thier vin# never existed and or the vin# was not for thier particular model,bummer! especally when several thousons of dollars had already been spent on them.kinda made me gun shy when i see numbers that look as if they have been contrived. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif