I don't really wanna get a >nasty< thread going on who occupies the moral
high ground in the stock vs. modified debate (my 100-6, after all, had a 3000
Mk. II motor in it when I bought it). "Never the twain shall meet," and
probably tedious to boot.
Will that shut me up? Hah!
> A well prepared V8 Healey with an honest
> 300 to 375 horse is quite interesting.
It's always seemed to me that if you want a Corvette, why not just buy a
Corvette? How far can you modify a car before it ceases to be what it once
was? If you strip out the engine, gearbox, rear axle, suspension, etc.,
where's the >Austin< Healey part of the car? Simply the styling?
I like LBCs because there's a story behind each one. A creator...engineers
with no money for real solutions...innovators who get around that lack of
money... assembly line folks who were proud to say they worked for Austin's
or Jaguar's...that you can see these people at work makes an LBC special, and
is what separates it from other cars.
Unfortunately, LBC's haven't survived in huge numbers, and it's rare to find
one which is completely unmodified. It is a glimpse of the past we're trying
to preserve here, isn't it? And as fewer cars survive, it seems a shame to
cut and shunt those that are left so that the owner doesn't have to face the
fact that any decent modern econobox can out-handle and out-perform a 30+
year-old sports car.
--Roger "If your carbs don't have dashpots, you ain't foolin' with a British
car" Ramjet
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