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Hi Bruce,
Oh yeah. Bad body work on the cove. The shut lines on the driver door aren’t so hot either. It looks like the armrest gets taller towards the back of the car. Maybe they wanted more depth for the cup holder. Being a caffeine addict, I can understand that one. I always get a large cup of Joe for the drive to work but I think the placement would interfere with shifting. I’m not wild about the battery tie down. I would have made it out of metal and gotten longer threaded rods. I don’t really know why, but the thing that bothers me the most is the temp gauge tube. It’s coiled up by the sensor instead of at the firewall where it will do some good. It'll be interesting to see what the reserve is.
 
Too many things look wrong and therefore makes one wonder what else that can not bee seen.

Description says "restored". That sure is a wide open word for definition.

Bruce
 
AND!-when was the last time you saw a 1966 BJ8 with single front turn lamps.?---Keoke
 
wow, there's more going on wrong in there than I can count. Is that Healey pink? And why is the hood rod on the wrong side. And who knows what that pull is in the center of the console. And the trunk looks pretty scary too. We ought to make a game out of this one: How many things can you find wrong with this Healey?
 
HI SHG, Wrong intake Manifold, throttle linkage wrong no nylon bearing---Keoke /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
The pull on the center console could be the choke. There is nothing on the upper right corner of the dash. Maybe it’s the washer fluid pump and the choke is where the pump usually goes. Hard to tell in the photo. Speaking of windshield washers. Where is the bottle? Not where it normally should be, which is too bad because it shows the brake line is run differently (nit picky, I know). The add says “everything was gone through and sorted out”, so I wouldn’t worry . /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Here are some items to add to the list:

Missing Choke mechanism under the bonnet
No vacuum line for power brakes
Non standard starter solenoid
Silver dryer hose for heater and vent tubing
Drip or splash rubber missing from bonnet on carb side

This is too easy.

Still, it might make a nice driver, none of this stuff is major. However, I agree with Bruce Bowker. So many little things, indicate the likleyhood of real problems.
 
More wrong:

Is that a CREASED hood?
Where's the reservoir for the Brakes & Clutch?
The shift lever looks very wrong.
I don't see the rod for the hood release, maybe that "pull" on the dash console is fpr a cable?

This is very poor....
 
The "restorer" was completely nuts.

Why paint a car with such dodgy bodywork BLACK, of all things. Its well known that black shows defects like othing else.

And then compound the error by painting the coves PINK. Its horrible enough as a color, but it also shows up the misaligned panels and swage lines like nothing else would. Its like the restorer wanted to point out his mess as blatantly as possible!

Completely crazy! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
 
Maybe it would be an easier and shorter list if we pointed out what was correct. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
if those pcts.were taken at the bodyshop that the healey work was done,id also like to see what fabulous work they did on the porche[in the backround]being hosed down by a young fella?? oh boy/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif
 
derekj,your right,also someone mentioned the 'plastic bracket' that holds the end of the long throttle rod[long one on top]someone made a metal one but had to mount it 5-6" forward of were it should be,its not bolted to the flat horizontal base piece that has a slight upward turn to it that normally holds the plastic one from spinning,i think we should all chip in and buy it and either put the poor thing in a crusher [heaven forbid] or do a propper resto on it,i cant even begin to imagine what trouble the new owner is in for,poor poor chap! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif
 
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AND!-when was the last time you saw a 1966 BJ8 with single front turn lamps.?---Keoke

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Were't there some early 1966's with single front lights? I thought the "Phase 1" cars had single. Phase II had 2 for sure but exactly when did Phase II start?

I also thought the shifter looked like a finger crusher against the dash. Is that normal for a 3000? And there is a crease in the bonnet. If I recall did not very early 3000's or maybe 100-6's have that crease?
Bruce
 
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Weren't there some early 1966's with single front lights? I thought the "Phase 1" cars had single. Phase II had 2 for sure but exactly when did Phase II start?

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Not exactly. The so-called "Phase I" cars had single, small front side lamps, like the 3000 Mark II, series BJ7, that they followed. Then they went to single, large front side lamps, such as the car in this auction. Still later they went to dual large side lamps. Of course some cars sent to European destinations had dual, small side lamps, but those are exceptions and we needn't get sidetracked. It is well possible that a single-large-side lamp car, such as the one in this auction, could be registered as a 1966 model, but bear in mind that "model year" is a meaningless concept among Healeys -- they didn't change specs/design every year, as American manufacturers did, for the sake of having something new to debut each fall.

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I also thought the shifter looked like a finger crusher against the dash. Is that normal for a 3000? And there is a crease in the bonnet. If I recall did not very early 3000's or maybe 100-6's have that crease?
Bruce

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The shifter doesn't look notably unusual. It is well possible to ram your knuckles into the radio speaker grill when shifting a Mark III. The crease in the bonnet is definitely wrong. Those are original only on early 100-6 cars.
 
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