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We are just about to launch into a full restoration and reassembly of an Austin Healey 100-6. Someone else took the car apart, so we will need to rely on written sources and the internet to correctly reconstruct the car.

The Gary Anderson book appears to be one of the leading resources available, and we do hope to find a copy at a reasonable price. Any leads appreciated for that.

Are there any other good books or web sites out there that are particularly helpful? We already have the Austin Healey Workshop Manual, but it does not have a lot of the details that we will need to get things right.
 
Welcome !- where in the Western Canada?
This site was very helpful for me, no similar AH cars here in the range of more than 200-400 Km, so I needed help, that I have find always here
You can find a lot of photos, that I have saved from my and many sources, during my 100/6 1957 restoration five years long
I have find Google Albums a good solution for this collections- it is free for limited number of photos
https://picasaweb.google.com/112770819864514987162/RESTORATIONAUSTINHEALEY10061958
https://picasaweb.google.com/112770...LEY10061958BeginningMayJune2011endMayJune2013
https://picasaweb.google.com/112770819864514987162/AHWORKSAndUPGRADEProject

And a crazy collection of photos that can be useful
https://picasaweb.google.com/112770819864514987162/DropBox#
and a lot of album dedicated to various AH ancillary (towards the end of the page)
https://picasaweb.google.com/112770819864514987162

Photos of your car in the actual state, are sure agreed from the BCF community
Cheers
 
I can give you some visual help with the engine, if yours is the 2-port, with integrated manifold. I have a thorough rebuild, back to original specs/appearance scattered across a couple of albums.

Jim, aka healey blue (here on this forum) should be able to help you with all other aspects of a Longbridge-built 100/6, as he did the rest of the car that I built the engine for. Between the two of us, and Andrea (post above) you should have a great many details, born out in pictures, of the 100/6 you're working on.

(let me know if you want the engine picture links, as I'll have to dig them up for you__my gallery, now approaching 50,000 images__is getting a little harder to keep them all committed to memory; getting older isn't helping any either...)
 
Andrea and Randy, Thank you for the helpful replies! I just now had a quick look at a few of the pages of pictures in those links, Andrea; that looks like a great resource. Randy, the engine is the early one and likely is the same as yours. Pictures would be a great help once we get that far. Once I have a chance to organize things here, I plan to post pictures of what has been done so far.
 
Don't forget the Moss catalog. It has exploded views of everything on the car, so you can identify at least where everything goes, if not exactly how to do it or in what order.
 
CLEAH said:
Don't forget the Moss catalog. It has exploded views of everything on the car, so you can identify at least where everything goes, if not exactly how to do it or in what order.
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Good idea! I will try to get a hard copy of the catalog.
 
blueskies said:
Andrea and Randy, Thank you for the helpful replies! I just now had a quick look at a few of the pages of pictures in those links, Andrea; that looks like a great resource. Randy, the engine is the early one and likely is the same as yours. Pictures would be a great help once we get that far. Once I have a chance to organize things here, I plan to post pictures of what has been done so far.
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While this is indeed the early pattern, with the integrated manifold, it's not mine; I built this engine for a former neighbor and friend in Louisiana. He shipped the engine and xmsn up to me while I was living in Ohio. Simultaneously, the rest of the car was being restored by Jim (aka healeyblue) for our same friend and his employer (Jim has restored many cars for said friend over the years). So while neither of us "own" the 100/6 in question, we're both pretty familiar with our portions of its restoration. Jim has posted a good many pictures/details of the body & interior here on the forum, if you search using his screename.


Here are the (separate) albums chronicling the work I did on the engine and xmsn:

https://spcarsplus.com/gallery3/index.php/LS_BN4
https://spcarsplus.com/gallery3/index.php/LS_BN4_engine_build
https://spcarsplus.com/gallery3/index.php/LS_BN4_engine_build/Final-push (this album is "embedded" in the "... engine build" album)
https://spcarsplus.com/gallery3/index.php/LS-BN4-XMSN-O-H transmission o/h

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Please note that most, if not all, of the "opened" pictures in an album can be clicked on a second time for the high resolution image; very helpful when you're looking for a specific detail, that may not have been the focus of the entire picture. For example, check this out (if you see a "+ sign" when you hover over the image, depending on your browser, click it again):
https://spcarsplus.com/gallery3/var/albums/LS_BN4_engine_build/Final-push/IMG_1351.jpg?m=1316904941

Now HERE is a picture of MY Healey! This is a 1957 BN6 (two seater) that I bought in 1978 when I lived in San Francisco. This past April marked thirty-six (36) years of ownership__a status that at various times elicits both envy and pity!

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That is a beautiful car, Randy. I don't suppose that was an original Healey color?

Thanks everyone for the replies. The work to be done seems huge, and I will need to explore these links in the coming months - and maybe years.
 
When I have found that there is a particular "Old" book that is hard to find, I have had the benefit of using the proprietor of one " Old Book Store' who is famous for finding out of print and hard to find books. She has never let me down. I used Anderson & Moments Austin Healey Guide quite extensively while doing the restoration on my BJ7. It will be well worth the effort to find it. His detail about interiors and all assemblys is invalueable. Good Luck and have fun, Dave.
 
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