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Ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes the 60Gs Im thinking of spending on a Aston Martin seem like chump change .
 
If I'm not mistaken--always a possibility--the fuel line is routed completely wrong (and nonsensical, to boot). On a LHD 100, the fuel pump is mounted on the rear bulkhead behind the driver seat, and follows a straightforward path along the left chassis frame rail and up to the carbs (alongside the wiring harness, mounted with 'hairpin' clips). On this car, the line appears to be routed up and over the driveline, along the right frame in the same clips used for the brake line, across the front of the engine bay then up to the carbs. It also appears the battery cable is just tie-wrapped to the brake and fuel lines. It certainly wasn't done this way on our 100M, and the Doug Reid-supplied fuel line was just long enough to make the left chassis rail route. I've seen other restos where the brake and fuel lines were routed incorrectly. Michael O, how is your fuel line routed?

Also, the white 'cove' paint straightens out too much towards the front and the curve behind the wheel well is too sharp, it should be more rounded, and I believe the center armrest should have white piping like the seats. Other that that, a pretty nice car.
 
Bob is correct, the fuel line is routed wrong. It should travel along the left hand chassis rail above the wiring. Attached by bobby pins that slip into holes drilled in the rail. Very nice restoration though, but the price? Wow!!!
 
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Bob_Spidell said:
Michael O, how is your fuel line routed?
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Bob/All--

I have a double-headed pump installed in place of stock but in the approximate original position behind the driver on the rear of the bulkhead. The fuel line runs along the left frame rail and on up to the engine as you describe.

This is a very nice car with a very high asking price and I think I will take my 100 Lemans for a ride today and enjoy it for free!

When the stock market was on one its booms in prior to Y2K the war cry was that the Dow-Jones index would hit "10,000 in 2000". Of course we have recently seen it reach 17K and it would be interesting to plot 100M or S selling prices against the index.
 
... and high-compression pistons, hotter cam, re-curved distributor, re-valved shocks, stiffer springs and a louvered bonnet.

What really makes it, though, is the bent cross-brace in front of the radiator.
 
Boy, for $189,500 think you would get a new spare tire instead of an old bias ply one thrown in there ! Plus that would be a deduction at a Concours or Healey show with the spare not matching the other 4 tires! Guess they were trying to keep price under $190,000. Kinda kidding here as obviously a very nice car. But as Bob S. mentioned, got the cove line curvature wrong which is really a pretty important detail to miss along with the armrest not having the contrasting piping.
 
After thinking more about that M's sale price I decided to give my car a coat of wax after returning from my ride--that should boost its market price up another $5K.
 
bighealeysource said:
Boy, for $189,500 think you would get a new spare tire instead of an old bias ply one thrown in there ! Plus that would be a deduction at a Concours or Healey show with the spare not matching the other 4 tires! Guess they were trying to keep price under $190,000. Kinda kidding here as obviously a very nice car. But as Bob S. mentioned, got the cove line curvature wrong which is really a pretty important detail to miss along with the armrest not having the contrasting piping.
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Well if you anti up the $189,000 I am sure he would be willing to clear up those little problems.-:encouragement:--:jester:.
 
Has anybody else noticed the copper exhaust pipe? They were all the go in the sixties, but I think they are actually illegal down under.
Alwyn
 
Looks like a reproduction to me but that shouldn't matter too much if all the other important bits are present. Think the spacing on the letters is off and looks too perfect for a 50+ year old tag.
 
Chris,
Yeah, we used to have a lot of rules, but now we have litigation! Wonder where we learnt that?
 
Gotta ask ... why would copper be illegal (besides, probably, pretty darn expensive)? It's good enough, even desired, for house plumbing. I'm not sure it's copper anyway, some newer exhaust systems come in mild steel that's either an alloy or has been 'anodized' to a very similar color (my '96 Ranger had an exhaust that was that color from the factory).
 
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