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    BT7 Door Seal Installation

    I would like to replace the door seal on my "62 (manufactured in July '61 and a side shifter) Tri Carb BT7 and am having trouble figuring out how to terminate the door seal behind the seats. The restoration manual is not helpful either; the pictures are indistinct and I am not sure my model is...
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    AH 3000 Mk1 BT7 new owner

    It’s been decades since I owned a Healey, but I just a purchased a 1960 big Healey. It is apparently one of the 1,500 cars fitted with HD6 “thermal” carburetors. There is no manual choke, but an auxiliary carburetor to (according to my old Haynes manual) “provide automatically differing degrees...
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    engine stutter of rebuild BT7 engine [tri-carb] above 2500 rpm

    Hi All, In need a solution for the engine stutter I have above 2500 rpm (with warm and "just warm" engine). The engine picks up great and runs great under 2500 rpm, above 2500rpm it starts to stutter a bit. The engine has been rebuild 2 year ago. What I've done so far for a solution to my...
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    Another A-H Enthusiast Joins!

    With these old British cars we need the collective wisdom and experience of all of us to keep them running. I will need help and will assist where I can. Glad to be part of this.
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    Austin Healey 3000 BT7 1960 VIN chassis STAMP location

    Hi, I'm looking for the VIN number stamped in the chassis of my Austin Healey Mark 1 BT7 from 1960. I've looked on the right front shock mount where it's placed for later cars (BJ7/BJ8) but apparently this BT7 doesn't have that. So it should be somewhere else? Anyone have any idea? Perhaps it's...
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    1960 BT7 choke location

    I have a 1960 BT7-- car #2229-- that has the choke located under the dash near the steering column. From looking at the Moss catalog, mine looks like a BN7 setup. The mounting looks factory. However, there is a hole covered with a chrome disk where the choke is located on all of the BT7s that I...
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