Hollywood Sports Cars 3000

[BoyRacer]

That's it - "Slugger on the dyno". That's my valve cover. Has anyone ever seen another like it? Anyone know who made these?

 

[BUNDYRUM]

Hello BoyRacer,

What is so different about that valve cover?.

I can see that it's flat on the top but does it have a name cast into it or something.

The one in the picture was probably made for HSC at a guess.

Maybe someone who has one of the HSC catalog's may be able to see something?.

Best regards,

bundyrum.

 

[Hangtown Healey]

Barry,
Can you scan the valve cover for sale pages?
Ken Freese

 

[Hangtown Healey]

I have come up with another Hollywood Sport Car type of valve cover. Anyone yet figured out who made them?

 

[HealeyRick]

For anyone interested in the SCI articles from HSC you can find them here under "Competition": https://healey6.com/technical.htm

Also, I've seen some HSC license plate frames popping up on eBay recently such as this one:

I don't know if they are NOS or repros, but if I had a black plate Cali car, I'd probably buy one.

 

[steveg]

There are some nice images of the 3000 at the Atlas Nostalgia forum. The topic was Ronnie Buchnum and has images of some of his other rides, too:

https://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showtopic=79598&st=40

link goes to a blank page which mentions Ronnie Bucknum but otheriwise blank.

 

[steveg]

Just spotted this on a Z3 message board:

https://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=310311&d=1257283242

Supposedly, it's Bucknum driving.

Link goes to a login screen

 

[Rob Glasgow]

Hangtown, Are you from Placerville? There was an article on the front page of the page of the LA Times today, about a dish served at the Buttercup Pantry called Hangtown Fry, a strange combination of scrambled eggs, bacon and oysters....
sounds unusual at best.
Also I noticed you've had a big Healey since you were 17. I started at the same age and was probably the first person in my little Central Valley Town to own a British car.

 

[Hangtown Healey]

Yes, I am from Placerville. I have had Hangtown Fry once or twice. I usually get a more conventional omlet when in Buttercup Pantry.

 

[elrey]

 

[steveg]

To get back to the original thread - can anyone post a picture of the HSC engine with valve cover?

 

[HealeyRick]

To get back to the original thread - can anyone post a picture of the HSC engine with valve cover?

Steve. go here: https://www.healey6.com/Technical/Dyno.pdf there are a couple of pics in the article, you may have to enlarge them to get a good view.

 

[steveg]

Steve. go here: https://www.healey6.com/Technical/Dyno.pdf there are a couple of pics in the article, you may have to enlarge them to get a good view.

Thanks! Note the engines show the original cast-iron exhaust manifolds. The two-carb version also uses the log manifold. Pretty outstanding!

 

[dougie]

I thought that was funny as well, but for the time it work pretty well as Ronnie collected a lot of hardware.

 

[HealeyRick]

Thanks! Note the engines show the original cast-iron exhaust manifolds. The two-carb version also uses the log manifold. Pretty outstanding!

The HSC Healey ran in SCCA D Production. SCCA published a list of parts that could be used on the motors that I probably still have around somewhere. While triple HD8s were on the list, there was nothing to indicate tubular exhaust headers were parts that could be bought through a dealer and were approved for competition use in SCCA HSC was probably using standard cast iron manifolds because that's all the rules allowed.