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Patrick67BJ8 said:
..."Just got chassis back". Do you mean chassis without body on it or just the subchassis? I've heard two thoughts about putting the engine back in the car before the body is attached and then after the body is done.
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This was a (singularly?) unique case; this particular car came out of Arizona (from a high shcool shop class, of all places) and had zero rust. For clarification, I'll repeat that no sheetmetal had to be replaced. All the floors, rockers, sills and outriggers are intact and original to the chassis.

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? My own "California car " (albeit, San Francisco-Sacto & ski trips to Lake Tahoe) had rust in the doglegs/sills/rockers and some minor rust-through in the LH floor/outrigger & both toeboards.

So, the usual <span style="font-style: italic">how do we weight the chassis</span> problems and solutions did not apply in this case.

The transmission has the least wear/outright damage that I have ever seen in a Healey; the gears were 99.9% perfect. Even the laygear/layshaft showed no wear.

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LBill: this stand uses a "peg" to index the "adapter", so maybe that's the difference. It's obvious (by the color) where mine was sourced from...
 
Hello Randy,I'm also in Arizona, working a long-term BN4 rebuild, would you care to offer the name of your customer or high school shop (was this just the chassis source), so I might contact and possibly have another local source for idea sharing? Maybe off-line? My motor hung on a stand for many months as well, made it sag dangerously, at least according to all viewing it. Nice work. Thanks!
 
I used a Harbor Freight stand for awhile. first time I tried to roll it, it almost fell over on me, and that was without the cylinder head! I added more braces and was able to finally role it around. Even that didn't feel safe, so I built a "mule" stand out of heavy plywood and used the engine mounts. When I had to work from below I hoisted it up.
 
I snagged a heavy duty Walker stand at a garage sale from a wonderful Packard guy on his way to the home. Been a swell tool and I think of him when I use it.
 
Those are the best kind; I have some tools like that...

58 BN4: I really don't know any more of the particulars, other than to say that the current owner is from, and the car is now in Louisiana.
 
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