Hi lbcnut,
Well, the car is #25066. It's a '64 that my sisters and I inherited from our brother a few years ago. It's been sitting for almost 18 years. He had stopped driving it because he thought the bearings were going out. I believe the original color was pale blue (painted yellow by the previous owner). I've always liked the hardtop on it (another better view attached.)
A fellow Healey club member (bless his hart) has been working on getting it going again - oil change, brake kits, filters, hoses, clean up the carbs, new plugs, wires, etc. He got it running, and throwing caution to the wind, I decided I wanted to drive it to his place 120 miles away for further fine tuning rather than have it towed. We've listened carefully to the engine upon acceleration, and it doesn't seem to have that rat-tat-tat sound that I've become so familiar with in my Healey (a long, sad story). Anyway, we made it ten miles down the road and started losing power. Sat a while, started it up, ran again, starting losing power again...definitely not a good way to go 120 miles on the freeway system here in So Cal, so with common sense finally getting the best of me, called the auto club. This last week, with a few more refinements, drove around town a bit, and it seems to be running well. Next week, a new muffler, and the sister who knows how to drive a stick will be nowhere in sight while I sit here waiting for my Healey to come home!
Bottom line, it's a nice little car! Actually, all the years sitting, it looked in better shape than my Healey, until her paint job. And it feels a bit more modern - disk brakes, door handles, windows even - what more could anyone ask?
Sharon
'54 AH