Anyone know anything about Jensen Healeys?

[DrEntropy]

I bought a 907 with the Getrag five-speed attached so I could put th' five-speed in the +2. Made it a great GT cruiser. I won't tell ya'll what/where th' 907 ended up. :smirk:

 

[Daniel_B]

I'm on my way to check one out with the 2.2 stroker and dellorto carbs, looks good and the seller is right up front about the car, joined JHPS, can hardly wait!
for spring!!

 

[HealeyRick]

I'm on my way to check one out with the 2.2 stroker and dellorto carbs, looks good and the seller is right up front about the car, joined JHPS, can hardly wait!
View attachment 40505 for spring!!

If it's always been a local car, be sure and follow the rust advice below. I looked at a GT with 20k miles in Billerica a number of years ago. Rust up to the door handles!

Well, I guess I know something about them since I have one


3. Rust. OK, all LBCs of the era suffer from it, but the Jensen-Healey has an even worse reputation than most. Look underneath the car at the floor pans, right behind the doors where the rear fender connects to the sill, and also the sills themselves. Due to some "interesting" ways of designing things, these spots rust very fast (mostly due to owners not keeping the weepholes cleaned out, which results in water just sitting in those crevices). The sill is a big concern because it's a major structural part of the car, and if it rusts badly there isn't much keeping the car from folding up. I would get down there with a magnet and whatever else you need to do to make sure that the metal is solid and not just "Bondo-ed" over.

Off the top of my head, those are the big things to look for. If it's really in as good of condition as you stated, it's a gem of a car and I wouldn't think twice before buying it. They are really easy to fix when things go wrong, and parts are not at all difficult to find (it sourced parts from several other British cars of the era, and I've never had trouble finding parts during my restoration).
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[bob67bgt]

I have a friend in the upstate of South Carolina with a rusty project car that's apart, a junker sitting outside and the remains of another one he took apart years ago that he said had good outer body panels. He is also supposed to have some NOS parts in boxes. He is in Florida until spring. As I recall he wanted a couple thousand for all of it. Someone with a trailer and LARGE pickup and cash in hand could come away with lots of stuff. I think he will be very motivated in the spring if you want them. The rusty junker outside can be stripped and left where it is. I did not have a interest so I did not dig thru boxes. I did see what looked like a new exhaust with 2 chrome tips. Maybe a ansa?? PM if truly interested and I will pass on his contact info.
Bob

 

[Ray Brandes]

I have a friend in the upstate of South Carolina with a rusty project car that's apart, a junker sitting outside and the remains of another one he took apart years ago that he said had good outer body panels....
Bob

Sounds like the cars I just got. This is the rusty one.