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But wait, there's more! Yes, this BN2 with long-term (57 years) ownership suffered/enjoyed numerous owner-mods. Here are three more that you may not have seen before.
So at the end of those precious Le Mans intake manifolds the previous owner (PO) installed some plastic/plexiglas/perspex spacers. They are cut with an apparently deliberately wavy shape, and with numerous holes drilled (for cooling?). The main effect I see is that they extend the travel of the fuel-air mixture into the cylinders by about 1/8 inch. Hard to imagine that that would make a noticeable difference, but maybe some 1960s-vintage hot rodder magazine extolled this as the latest "hop up" modification?
And then there's this creative pedal array. The gas pedal is an add-on plate over the original, and the clutch pedal looks stock, but that brake pedal is too-too much, daddy-o! Actually I like it a lot. It looks a lot easier to hit when you really need it than the original narrow pedal, and for the heel-and-toe boy racers it's probably the cat's meow. Oh, and one more thing: dig that crazy wear pattern in the clutch pedal pad. Seems like the ones I've seen have the most wear at the top and edge, but all in the middle like this one? And the brake pedal pad wear ... mostly on the extreme left? Was this guy a left-foot braker? And oh yeah, that's the original Kar-Vel carpet you're looking it. It's all still there, and not bad at all.
And then there's the front tube shock conversion. Udo Putzke (well known purveyor of tube shock conversions here in the USA; Google him if interested) says he's never seen one like it. We haven't driven the car yet, but from bouncing the front wings I can tell you that the suspension is nice and firm. I'm betting this Healey really handles!
Stay tuned. We haven't gotten to the weirdest stuff yet.
So at the end of those precious Le Mans intake manifolds the previous owner (PO) installed some plastic/plexiglas/perspex spacers. They are cut with an apparently deliberately wavy shape, and with numerous holes drilled (for cooling?). The main effect I see is that they extend the travel of the fuel-air mixture into the cylinders by about 1/8 inch. Hard to imagine that that would make a noticeable difference, but maybe some 1960s-vintage hot rodder magazine extolled this as the latest "hop up" modification?
And then there's this creative pedal array. The gas pedal is an add-on plate over the original, and the clutch pedal looks stock, but that brake pedal is too-too much, daddy-o! Actually I like it a lot. It looks a lot easier to hit when you really need it than the original narrow pedal, and for the heel-and-toe boy racers it's probably the cat's meow. Oh, and one more thing: dig that crazy wear pattern in the clutch pedal pad. Seems like the ones I've seen have the most wear at the top and edge, but all in the middle like this one? And the brake pedal pad wear ... mostly on the extreme left? Was this guy a left-foot braker? And oh yeah, that's the original Kar-Vel carpet you're looking it. It's all still there, and not bad at all.
Stay tuned. We haven't gotten to the weirdest stuff yet.
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