As I see from your photos, your car is far worse off than mine. As stated
previously I,only need typical stuff repaired, you had a total frame up
resto done. yes I agree, expert hand sonly on such a job. BTW
I did work restoring healeys when I was in College. granted that was over 30
years ago...
I
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Jaap Aeckerlin <j.aeckerlin@gmail.com>wrote:
> I can explain why you did not receive any answer to your questions: you
> asked too many questions in one message, and moreover the answers on most
> questions will be rather lengthy. Let me try to put it short:
> If your friend has never worked on a Healey before I am afraid he will be
> in for a large number of very unpleasant surprises. I worked on my car
> together with a professional restorer, me doing the stupid and simple work
> and he doing the welding and grinding and even for him, with over 20 years
> experience and a lot of Healeys that passed through his hands, it was a
> difficult job. Have a look at the pictures I made during the work at
> http://picasaweb.google.nl/j.aeckerlin and you may understand that
> bodywork on a Healey is a nightmare.
> Adjust the doors with the engine + tranny in the car or you won't get the
> seams right. (On my car i had a brand new frame of heavier gauge steel than
> normal, so we did it with the engine out).
> When replacing the rocker panels either hang the doors (when they are still
> ok) first and align the rocker panel with the door. If you have to replace
> the door's bottom part fit the rocker panel first and make the door to suit.
> If you paid 500 bucks for your car I think you will end up with quite some
> more parts to renew than you think!
> Nevertheless: Good luck!
> Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
> 1964 BJ8 29432
>
> 2009/11/5 I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
>
> Not sure this made it to the list. If it did, I guess I see where I rate.
>>
>> Any help would be great
>>
>> The auto shop teacher at school has proposed letting him do the repairs.
>> he
>> has extensive experience with roadsters and race cars.
>>
> .
>
>> We are going to pull the engine/tranny to detail them and the engine
>> compartment. is it better to do the fenders and inner wings with the
>> engine
>> in or out? I also need to repair/replace the door striker panels and
>> possibly a rocker panel plus whatever we find when we get into it. Should
>> the fender bottoms and rear dog legs be repairs on the car or should they
>> be
>> removed?
>>
>> My friend is a great body guy, just never worked on a Healey before..
>>
>
>
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I Erbs
Portland, OR
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