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Project Page One Model:
100-6 ~also known as~ BN4
Year Built: 1957
Month & Day Built: September 30
Location Built: Longbridge, UK (one of the last 100-6 models built prior to moving production to Abingdon late 1957)
Body Style: Four Seater with creased bonnet
Engine:
2.6 Litre 6 cylinder 6-Port Head
Commission Number: BN4L-0-49881
Running Gear: 4 Speed With Electric Laycock DeNormanville Overdrive
This car has not been heavily modified from its original form, but has changes that I believe are an improvement. This car ends up with a non-standard three gallon oil sump for better oil cooling, exhaust header with non-original large bore exhaust, Minilite wheels, lightened flywheel, non-standard painted dash, stainless steel brake lines, Hellings & Stellings air filter setup with modern filter element, Mallory dual point distributor, Bumblebee ignition wires, high energy coil, Facet point style fuel pump, gear reduction starter, special drum brake linings, LED lighting, mahogany Lacarra steering wheel, and so on.....
You can read a little more about my project, and this model of car in the November 1999 issue of Austin-Healey Magazine. The great magazine of the Austin-Healey Club USA.
I'm sure many of you looking at this website have probably heard of the Austin-Healey "Nasty Boys". They are a group of enthusiasts who believe in heavily modifying their cars for racing appearance, handling, & performance. I guess if you need to fit me into a certain category, you might consider me a "Naughty Boy" because I like the boy racer look, but I'm not in to replacing the original drive train for something different, like a V8.
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This is the project car shortly after I purchased it. The rest of the parts are scattered here and fro, and that's my faithful dog Charlie keeping a watchfull eye on my things.
Shortly after I brought this car to its new home, I had it stripped to bare metal. The previous owner had already done so, but I wanted to add a zinc chromate pre-treatment. I always use the pre-treatment on my restoration projects prior to applying an epoxy primer before adding other coatings. The zinc pre-treatment leaves very little film thickness, and provides "excellent" corrosion protection and adhesion. It was developed just for those two purposes.
Here's a profile of the chassis shortly after painting.
I built a simple wooden caddy out of 2" x 8" boards, then added wheels to the bottom for easy rolling.
The other side of the chassis
The partially finished engine bay. This car is being restored for driving pleasure, and I am committed to restoring it to as original as possible. Although some less visable things will be changed for reliability, or other improvements.
You can see in these photo's that the wheels need aligning. That will come later with a lot of other things.
If you're one for important detail, you have probably already noticed the red brake drums. This is an early blooper that will have to be corrected before I complete the project. It doesn't always pay to rely on photo's in books. They aren't always as correct as you might think they should be.
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