> Charlie,
>
> The red fan blades carried on 'till at least the end of 1960 on the
> earlier 3000's. It was some time in early '61 and from then on that the
> fan blades were painted yellow.
> It would be great if a number of us Concours committee members could
> review the car. Of course the show and judging season is pretty much over,
> but there's always Kingston, Ontario AHCA Conclave next June. I would love
> to be able to wrap a tech session around such a car. Any possibility?
>
> Rich Chrysler
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie Baldwin" <mgcharlie@comcast.net>
>>I had talked to the former owner before Encounter and told him that he
>> should put it through the concours evaluation process, but it didn't
>> happen. The judges could then draw what they may from it. I would
>> welcome anyone from the concours committee to look it over.
>> One thing that puzzles me is that the original fan is painted red, which
>> I always thought should be yellow on a car of this vintage. The
>> original owner was not the type to mess with this sort of thing and
>> according to the second owner who I bought it from, that is how it was.
>> He was apparently an owner of New Holland Tractor in Lancaster County,
>> PA. The car was actually bought for his wife as a birthday gift.
>> The Healey spent it's first five years in a heated and air conditioned
>> carriage house, but after the old man died the widow turned off the
>> climate control.
>> I forgot to mention that the original exhaust system is also with the
>> car, though a stainless steel unit is currently on it. Apparently the
>> muffler was quite noisy, probably the interior of it had all
>> disintegrated over time.
>> Charlie
>>
>> Alan Seigrist wrote:
>>> Charlie -
>>>
>>> If you have the time you should make the car available to someone from
>>> the Healey Club who will document and picture the car in detail for
>>> concours information purposes.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Alan
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