Hi Tadeusz,
A bit late but... congrats on the restoration job and thanks for the pics. I
am a couple months behind you in the process, currently close to finish
suspension/steering/controls/brakes and soon to start wiring and plumbing. So
a series of pics like these are helpful as reference and as inspiration.
Bert
--- On Fri, 9/10/10, Tadeusz Malkiewicz <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl> wrote:
> From: Tadeusz Malkiewicz <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl>
> Subject: [Healeys] 100 BN2 almost done....
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 7:44 AM
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to thank all who helped me in getting my car
> from the state it
> was in:
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/AH100Detailed
>
> to the state it's in today:
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/AssemblyPhase2#
>
>
> Great thanks go to Rich C. whom I have practically killed
> with questions..
> Also, great thanks go to Rich Korn for providing photos of
> his very original
> BN2.. And all others! The list is truly so wonderfully
> spirited!!
>
>
> The next stage will be the engine (almost done, just
> waiting for the last
> coat of paint with the gearbox):
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/HealeyEngine#
>
> The paint process looked like this:
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/Paint#
>
>
> Now the small print: I am aware that:
> - brake pipes are copper (cannot find anything else in
> Poland)
> - I used Koolmat (as a kind of a substitute for tar paper
> :-) ) as I wanted
> to insulate against heat
> - flasher is not original (looking for one)
> - speedometer face & back color is not correct (winter
> project)
> - the VIN tag looks terrible (looking for someone to re
> print it)
> - fuel & oil flex pipes have wrong red thread (could
> not find proper one
> here)
> - no twin batteries - (will be there maybe next year)
> - gas pedal shaft not insulated yet
> - handbrake not insulated yet
> - instrument panel not silver - I could not find a trace of
> silver before
> paint job, so I felt I had a good excuse to leave it in
> white which although
> probably not correct, looks better to me :-)
> - master switch is of newer type, I still have not rebuild
> my previous one
> - few items are still missing
>
>
> Tadek
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