Some news on that mysterious Healey!
Bruce Milne
2 1971 B's
Ottawa, Canada
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>>From: Editorgary%aol.com@bnr400[SMTP:Editorgary%aol.com@bnr400]
>>Sent: November 5, 1996 12:41 PM
>>To: British-Cars%autox.team.net@bnr400
>>Cc: healeys%autox.team.net@bnr400
>>Subject: Healey on Home Improvement
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>>British Car Magazine has been able to obtain some additional information
>>regarding the Healey that made its appearance week before last on Home
>>Improvement. Following are my notes for a story that will appear in the
>>next
>>issue.
>>The car was purchased by Tim Allen as a present for his real-life wife, who
>>wanted it. (Tim is not foreign to British Cars; the mini-cooper in the used
>>car lot on the show is his, though his taste does run more to Detroit
>>iron.).
>>They spend close to the same price mentioned in the script ($12,000),
>>finding
>>a car that was last registered in 1974, has no evidence of rust or accident
>>damage, but did have a seriously disabled transmission which was repaired by
>>Absolutely British II over the weekend before the show was taped.
>>The intention in the repair was to make the car capable of being driven off
>>and on the set. Instead, they decided to tape the outdoor sequence on one of
>>the main streets near the studio (with a police escort), and report that
>>they
>>had the car up to 75 miles an hour (with cameras and lights mounted on it)
>>during the filming.
>>The intention in real life is to restore the car as a good driver over the
>>next six to nine months. On the show, Tim will do a garage-based
>>restoration, with paint, interior, and engine work farmed out.
>>There is no specific schedule for re-appearance of the car. The restorer
>>will
>>simply begin work, then truck the chassis in whatever condition back to the
>>studio whenever the writers decide that Tim and Jill are going to be out in
>>the garage.
>>The word is that they are considering painting it BRG or red. It was
>>originally red under the current nondescript silver-gray.
>>And that's the word from Hollywood.
>>Gary Anderson
>>British Car magazine
>>Los Altos, CA
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