My first Healey was a '66 I bought in 1970. Four years old with 85,000
on it. I was 20 and didn't know much other than I loved the exhaust and
the red color. It was a respray from originaly being white. After my two
winters, I lost the hammer and hex wrench for the knock offs out the
hole in the boot floor. There just weren't enough pop rivets and roof
flashing in my dad's basement, so I ended up selling it.
Dave
Rich C wrote:
> We seem to forget over the years but back when these cars were new,
> they were driven year round in winter salt conditions and all. One
> friend of mine bought an MGB new in 1966, a pretty thing, black with
> red interior. It was his only transportation so was driven through 4
> Southern Ontario winters. By the time it was 4 years old, it was so
> badly rusted he sold it before it literally folded in half from rot.
> Healeys fared at least as badly.
>
> Rich Chrysler
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
> To: "David" <dcrawfor@san.rr.com>; "Rich C"
> <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; "William Moyer"
> <William.Moyer@millersville.edu>; <bn1@pacbell.net>; "Healey"
> <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 6:53 PM
> Subject: Re: 1953 BN1 on Ebay #4565608667
>
>
>> You mean there are owners who actually drive Healeys on icy/salted
>> street?
>> They don't get too much more icy and salted than in Pittsburg and I
>> surly
>> don't put my Healey on them.
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: David <dcrawfor@san.rr.com>
>>> To: Rich C <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; William Moyer
>>
>> <William.Moyer@millersville.edu>; <bn1@pacbell.net>; Healey
>> <healeys@autox.team.net>
>>
>>> Date: 8/8/05 4:13:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: 1953 BN1 on Ebay #4565608667
>>>
>>> Rich, you're correct, as usual. That is until wheel wells turn a nice
>>> rusty brown after a few winter's salted icy streets. We don't salt
>>> our
>>> streets here. The fast food shacks use most of the salt so there's
>>> none left for road maintenance.
>>>
>>> David C
>>> BN1
>>> San Diego
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