Judging from the amount of corrosion localized to the front of the car and the
missing sheet metal I suspect that the car had an engine bay fire at some
point. Maybe the bonnet was off the car at the time since it doesn't appear to
have been damaged.
Bill Lawrence
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:30:00 +0800
> From: healey.nut@gmail.com
> To: bspidell@comcast.net
> CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] healey fs in california
>
> I agree, very odd. Looks like the PO may have taken the shroud off for
some
> reason then parked the car outside for 10 years. If you note on the back
> end, however, the paint is peeling off, so something is very amiss here.
>
> Alan
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Strange .... scuttle back appears to be in good shape but the front is
> > trashed. Looks like the front was cannibalized.
> >
> >
> > bs
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