Patton, congrats on the new family member . I want to know , "where did
you find the time"? This is a good example of why we shouldn't let our
woman enter our garage domain. Families tend to grow. :)
But then on the bright side it creates a new member to carry on the Healey
Legacy. Enjoy, Both.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "57 Healey" <57healey@gmail.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:46 PM
Subject: And we're off....
> Sunday afternoon, the paint and body guy picked up the Healey to work
> his magic and turn my red 100-Six into a Pacific Green over Ivory
> 100-Six. As you may know, I have spent the past two weekends
> scrambling to strip the car to a rolling chassis for him to pick it up
> as soon as he finished another car (non-Healey) that he was working
> on. He is estimating that he will have it back to me around
> Christmas, but I expect to see it before mid February.
>
> When stripping the car, I didn't come across anything unexpected or
> distressing. Their were a couple of areas of rust in the floorboards,
> but not large enough to justify replacing the whole thing. The rust
> will be cut out and replaced with good metal.
>
> Overall this has been a great experience, and I expect it to be better
> on the other side. Over the next few weeks, I will be working to get
> everything that stayed with me ready to go back on the car. I must
> learn from all of the horror stories of cars taken apart and never
> reassembled, and get this back together soon. The goal is to debut
> the car by Texas Healey Roundup. I got a little extra incentive as we
> found out last week that we are expecting our second kid in the
> summer, and I know I will have less time for the car then.
>
> Anyhow, I have about 240 pictures of the car as it is being stripped
> on my website, austin-healeys.com (go to photo galleries on the right
> hand column). Its been a fun couple of weeks. I ordered a shut face
> set today (original, not new) and the carpet is supposed to be a 36th
> birthday present for me, so I will see if I get it this weekend.
>
> Thanks for all of your support,
>
> Patton
>
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> Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX
> '57
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