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C A Keller

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A year or so ago my Brother in law bought a truck from an antique dealer. I went with him to pick it up. It was parked at the dealer's mothers house next to an old garage. The dealer told my BIL that he could take any of the stuff he wanted out of the garage because he wanted to clean it out. It was mostly moldy damp and/or rusty junk. I did however find some old car parts that I brought home. There were a set of side curtains,a set of small chrome hub caps, two wire wheels, a British ? liscense plate (VOK 85J-silver on black)and a Tonneau cover. I think the wire wheels are Austin Healey. They are 15" with 72 spokes if memory serves and match photos I have of big Healeys. I scoured all of my car books and SS&C and T&CC magizines and coulcn't identify the side curtains. The closest match was an early Healey but the angle of the car made it difficult to tell for sure. Since the wheels are probably AH I thought the side curtains may have belonged to the same car. I took pictures of all this stuff so if you think you may be able to identify any of it and have nothing better to do with your time I can email the pics to you. Any help would be appreciated. I would like to offer them for sale which would be easier if I knew just what they belonged to.
 
chris..sent you a private message...I'm interested in the 15" wires if they do, in fact, have 72 spokes...need them for an MGC conversion project (am converting a '70 MGB GT to 15" MGC wires)
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by C A Keller:
coulcn't identify the side curtains. The closest match was an early Healey but the angle of the car made it difficult to tell for sure. Since the wheels are probably AH I thought the side curtains may have belonged to the same car. I took pictures of all this stuff so if you think you may be able to identify any of it and have nothing better to do with your time I can email the pics to you. <hr></blockquote>

I'd be interested in seeing the picture. My 100 came to me with a wonderful set of aftermarket side-curtains with sliding windows. Because of the angle formed between the door and the convertible top there is a solid "wedge" of vinyl at the bottom of the curtains, giving them an unusual appearance, but they are far and away better than the stock ones, which I never use.
 
Oops. I counted the spokes and there are 48 not 72. It's been a while since I got them but I matched them to an A-H somewhere.
 
DARN!!!
 
If memory serves, and it usually doesn't, side curtains for 100/4 had a post built in that fits in the door socket, whereas 3000 had brackets that had to be attached to the side curtains with a threaded bolt that fits in the door socket. Hope this helps.
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These have a small rod attached at the rear with two bolts and a slotted bracket towards the front.They have been identified as belonging to a 6 cylinder roadster by member M. Oritt but he thinks they are probably aftermarket parts.
 
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