So it was restored. Why is it that the only way to restore a car is
as it was 50 years ago. There are so many things that you can do to
these cars today that will make them a much better car to drive. No i
do not think that you should go away from the idea of the Healey but
if it can be made better why not do it.
I do not understand why a guy that restores a car beyond what it was
and may make a few mistakes in installing a part here and there has
to be bashed by everyone on this list. You can go thru every one of
the cars that any of the Healey Restoration Shops do and you will
find things that are no original.
We have been doing some cars with Wilton Wool carpeting, and complete
Connley leather interiors, to include all the panels in leather. The
reason I have done this is that the owner wanted it that way. How
often have you tried to match leather and vinyl colors, they never
do. I have added cruise control, lightened flywheels, limited slip,
oversized sway bars, tube shock conversions, along with many more.
Are these any less of a car than the one that is like it rolled out
of the factory.
If you want to try a interesting test, look back to one of Gary
Andersons early copies of British Car Magazine. We did an article on
driving the different Healey's. There was one of each model from a
factory 100M, Gary's Concourse BN7, My Modified BN4 and Len
Hartnett's BJ8. We drove about 100 miles swappping cars along the
way. A very interesting article look it up
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jun 16, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Rich Chrysler wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I must agree with the observations you've all been making. Somebody
> obviously over restored and candied up this car. They must have
> shopped for
> things out of a catalogue and not known correct from "it'll do".
> There are
> so many incorrect things throughout this car. The party who decided
> a 750
> mile BN2 should be restored like this should be shot and Pi**ed on.
> Who
> would toss an original interior?
>
> Who knows, maybe the poor thing was in a fire or something and had
> to be
> restored.
>
> However, I have the numbers for this car in the Hundred Registry
> and it
> substantiates the low mileage of a car with this chassis number
> over a few
> owners. As recently as April of 2008 it was registered with 556
> original
> miles and was at the time still single colour OEW.
>
> What happened since then?
>
> Rich
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