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But I'm going to get there someday Keoke. Just to check to see if your right. But I probably won't have the Lucas lights on the Vette.
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What Did You Do On Your Austin Healey Today?
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Andrew,
You can't just drop a picture of a 100S in here like that. Please tell us more. How's the coupe project coming?
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Today I drove my newly acquired BN2 for the first time. This is a one-owner, unrestored car. I drove it into downtown Spokane for the photo op shown in this pic, and then a friend and I loaded it into a trailer and transported it to Vancouver, Washington, where it will reside for the time being.
This pic, in a higher resolution, may appear in the 2016 Austin-Healey Calendar. I might remove the parking meters - still debating that. They're slightly distracting, but they also frame the car well, and they are kind of a "period correct" element. The image looks cleaner without them though. Opinions?
This pic, in a higher resolution, may appear in the 2016 Austin-Healey Calendar. I might remove the parking meters - still debating that. They're slightly distracting, but they also frame the car well, and they are kind of a "period correct" element. The image looks cleaner without them though. Opinions?
Rick, the coupe project is on the back burner simply because I have had two Healey project cars (for clients a BN2 and a LHD 100S tribute car - hence the photo) to complete. For the purists a sacrilege but for my client a 100S look alike at a 1/5 of the cost.. The coupe chassis is repaired and painted. Running gear (axle,etc) is in place as well as the wiring loom. With any luck mid September/October the body panels will be complete. My only issue at the moment is finding a suitable back windscreen. I can find the right size but not the 'concave' shape necessary. I have two but both make the car look like a 'bubble car' from a kids movie.
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I had one of my guys make the brackets using the original front bumper arms as a guide and then shaping them to extend only 5cm out from the front shroud. The available off the shelf brackets are for me too far away from the shroud and too high up the shroud. I wanted to create a bracket that separate the light from the headlights and spots instead of having a blurred mix of headlight and spot lights at the same time. I bought the spots from AH Spares (lucas 5 inch) adapted H4 halogen bulbs wired through a relay to a separate switch and circuit (power from the alternator) located under the dash... These are 130W each side (not street legal)... I have a photo if you're interested..
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Did you install a Denis Welch steering box?
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Went out to align the boot lid as too tight on left side. Getting ready to start loosening nuts and bolts which of course would have meant realigning everything anyway. Just happened to notice a nut sitting on the armacord and "where did that come from?" thought popped up. Looked around and lo and behold, it was off one of the bolts that attach the prop rod to the inner car body and was allowing the boot lid to close a bit tight on left side. Replaced the nut, tightened up, and got the proper gap back on both sides. What I thought was going to be a multi hour project - seems like they all are - turned out to take 15 minutes and that was mainly me figuring out where the bloody nut came from !!!
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Brenda and I took the car out for a 75 mile round-trip ride from my garage to Johnny Boy's Ribs near White Plains, MD whee I got a rack and then came home--via Bruster's Ice Cream which makes great chocolate malteds....
I must confess it is my first time out in the Healey for about a month and I am sometimes ashamed how willing the car is to wait patiently for me to drive it. It asks only for a bit of gasoline and minimal care in return for which it starts after a couple of cranks and gives back pleasure in spades.
I must confess it is my first time out in the Healey for about a month and I am sometimes ashamed how willing the car is to wait patiently for me to drive it. It asks only for a bit of gasoline and minimal care in return for which it starts after a couple of cranks and gives back pleasure in spades.
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Vette, again I purchased a mild steel one from AH spares in the UK and cut it to size and had it welded to the bracket. One of the two securing bolts goes through both the towing eye and spot light bracket for additional strength. Aluminium was never an option for me.
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New Verdestein (spelling?) 185 tires so I cleaned the chromes and waxed them. Sealed the spokes at the hub. Fingers hurt but wheels look good.
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