Greetings, my name is Dan, I'm a retired Army Officer/NCO. My first LBC was purchased from my uncle in 1973 at the age of 17, it was a 1962 Sunbeam Lemans by Harrington. I learned many lessons about cars with that car, as I was not in the car shop classes in HS the lessons were all first time experiences like removing and replacing the aluminum head when the car overheated and warped the head. Another was stripping and repainting the car. Then came college I sold it then junior year came the 65 Spitfire which got a repaint, new leather interior and engine rebuild. Then came the 78 Triumph Bonneville 750. Now on active duty in Georgia I bought a 72 Midget which I cleaned up put a new top on it then traded it on a 67 Austin Healey 3000 which was my daily driver until 1985 when I got into an accident so not having a place to work on it and having gotten married to a ready made family of 3 kids I decided to let it go. Then a long dry spell until 1997 when I found a good deal on a 1980 Spitfire it was dull Sienna brown. I drove that quite a bit painted it Guards Red then in 2008 did a frame on restomod retrofitting chrome bumpers rebuilt the engine with 9-1 pistons, 270 cam, Webber carb, sold that 2012. Then in 2015 found a RHD Triumph Stag with a Ford 302 project and joined The Triumph Stag Club USA. I started working on that but wanted a car to drive so after doing some searching on line I found a nice Jensen Healey which had been built in 1993 the engine had been built up and was dyno tested at 217 hp up from 144 hp when new. I drove it from western Connecticut to New Hampshire in March 2016. That summer I ordered a new header and rebuilt the suspension and brakes from power booster to wheel cylenders. We drive it about 5000 miles each summer with our club British Cars of NH.
Cheers Dan
Cheers Dan