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Anybody happen to see "Cuban Chrome" on Discovery last night that shows the efforts car guys make to keep their cars on the road? Part of the episode was a Healey restoration and on the bonnet was a copy of the the Anderson/Moment "Restoration Guide." Here's a link to part of the Healey resto. Pretty interesting what these guys go through for their cars. https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/cuban-chrome/videos/all-from-scratch/ The episode also contained a segment on a Healey Silverstone that had some racing history on the island. It showed them hand fabricating some brake retaining plates to keep the wheel cylinders in place. It all makes the modern equipment and materials and online parts ordering look like heaven in comparison.
 
"All From Scratch is currently unavailable".----?????
 
Also of note is in an earlier episode when the Healey owner Ricardo needed to make the wheel wells. He used scrap metal from the roof of another car. They didn't have any paint remover so they were heating the metal on a kitchen stove and diving out for fresh air. They "make it work" and are amazing. You end-up with a car that is a snap shot of Cuba before the revolution being lovingly maintained and restored representing a post revolution Cuba. Everything will change once the embargo is lessened. I thought Ricardo was going to cry when a friend of his visited from Miami with a suitcase of small Healey parts, probably from Moss.
 
oh an I loved the Healey Silverstone D10 owned by the German expat. I saw the slot for the spare tire and knew what that was.
 
These guys would kill for the stuff we throw away or have stashed in our garages. I remember reading a number of years ago about some LBC owner who was seeking to send a shipment of needed parts to a couple of guys in Cuba for their British cars. I doubt anything came of it but it would be a noble effort and no doubt greatly appreciated.

BTW I have travelled to Cuba (both pre and post Revolution) several times in my life, the first time around 1957 or so. It was very popular to mount auxiliary brake or tail lights on cars' rear fenders, usually using the external tail light pods from mid-50's Chryslers or the like, as pictured here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=tai...sXYtP8cwM:&usg=__m6Cyp6xzTULrx5r0uF6YQrIZ7eo=

I have a "third brake light" mounted on my 100 but I hope the Healey guys in the video do not do it in the Cuban style!
 
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