- 1. Re: running Hot (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:33:01 EDT
- Seems like plain water (I live in a basically no-freeze area, at least for the next 5 months!) plus Water Wetter might be well worth a try. If I have to get more aggressive - rebuild rad/boil block
- /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00400.html (8,352 bytes)
- 2. Re: Aluminium Windshield Posts (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 09:03:09 EDT
- I polished my windshield posts about 35 years ago. They have stabilized to a pleasant (to me) silvery metallic appearance with a satin texture, not unlike brushed stainless steel. They were not anod
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00387.html (7,598 bytes)
- 3. Re: Aluminium Windshield Posts (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 18:33:26 EDT
- << Thanks Dick, you wouldn't happen to have a picture would you? >> You can see the whole car, such as it is, at Dixon! :-)
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00396.html (6,960 bytes)
- 4. Re: Redline MT-90 (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 22:39:49 EDT
- What became of the party on this list who was involved with Redline, and who would respond in detail to such queries? Dick Hosmer
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00503.html (7,733 bytes)
- 5. Re: Redline MT-90 (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 02:46:23 EDT
- Uh-oh, ANOTHER senior moment - yes, of course, it WAS Penrite!! I guess the only "red" really involved is on my face! Dick Hosmer
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00509.html (7,734 bytes)
- 6. Re: Healey Sighting (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:52:21 EDT
- << Saw a red over white Healey...unknown vintage but a six cylinder,west bound Skyway coming into Chico about 4:30 this afternoon. Anybody on the list? Dave Duffey 59 BT 7 project >> Not me (no red a
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00584.html (6,864 bytes)
- 7. Re: Dixon CA All-British Show 2005 (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:29:59 EDT
- Good morning Patton, Glad you arrived home safely - obviously you did allow enough time to make your flight. It IS interesting to put faces with names! That was a fun show, probably the best turnout
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00641.html (7,547 bytes)
- 8. Re: Tyres (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:34:04 EDT
- Not sure what you mean by "late", but, during the roadster period, wasn't that just one of the differences between the standard model (disc wheels - no OD) and the deluxe model (wires and OD)? I'm p
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00069.html (6,814 bytes)
- 9. Tonneau cover (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:00:08 EDT
- What is the consensus of the brethren as regards aftermarket tonneau covers? Who makes a GOOD one, at a FAIR price, that will drop right onto my 1962 BT7, without ANY fooling around? Is there such a
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00118.html (6,298 bytes)
- 10. Re: Clutch plate (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:52:44 EDT
- I believe ALL 3000 roadsters, and perhaps a few early BJ7s had 10" clutches. Dick Hosmer BT718556
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00147.html (6,257 bytes)
- 11. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:09:19 EDT
- I just looked at Coker - they have revised their interface, and now actually acknowledge our cars! They also have 5.90-15 bias-ply BFG blackwalls for $96 apiece. I do not see a speed rating listed,
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00148.html (8,239 bytes)
- 12. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:49:57 EDT
- WOW!! - HOW on earth did we EVER survive without radial tires - especially the Brits with their weather! For racing/track use, I certainly agree with you - radials grip better - so much better that t
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00157.html (9,223 bytes)
- 13. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:22:09 EDT
- Yer oldern me! - I was only 13 in 1950! Still have all 32 of my own teeth, too! Just a "figure of speech", as it were. :-) I presently have 175R15 Michelins on my car and they are fine. I could not
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00169.html (8,395 bytes)
- 14. Re: Tires, stopping, etc. (longish) (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 00:08:13 EDT
- I've got sort of a fun "stopping" story involving my first Healey, a 59 BN7, one of the very first 3000s. Coming home from work one night, in San Francisco, I chanced upon the California Highway Patr
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00193.html (8,268 bytes)
- 15. Re: manners,civility,etc (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 13:46:36 EDT
- I'm basically quiet too, believe it or not, as well as a bit of a contrarian. The one GOOD thing that may be said for Mr. Radicke, aside from his admittedly VERY BAD manners in response to an innocen
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00228.html (6,899 bytes)
- 16. Re: SHE"S GOT LEGS>>> (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:59:47 EDT
- Ditto here. I've got a used original 3.55 "pumpkin" already set up, in really good shape, which I've been lugging around for years. Guess it is time to pop it in, now that my tricarb is back on the
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00706.html (8,467 bytes)
- 17. Re: SHE"S GOT LEGS>>> (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:05:12 EDT
- A very simple formula, which can quickly be entered into a simple spreadsheet, that covers everything except tire expansion at high speed, is: Speed, in miles per hour, equals (RPM x C)/(88 x Gt x Gd
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00771.html (9,855 bytes)
- 18. Re: Source for door handle springs? (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:28:24 EST
- I JUST did one - British Car Specialists, Stockton, CA (209) 948-8767. $7.90, in stock, cannot tell from original. Replacement is tricky - the spring MUST go in before you reinstall ANY of the three
- /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00254.html (6,582 bytes)
- 19. Re: Wire wheels. (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:38:11 EST
- << Thirty years ago when I was foolish enough to run around on 48's >> Now, I'm a bit concerned. Are 48-spoke wires (the original ones from new - trued about 5000 miles ago and nothing loose/broken)
- /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00265.html (7,035 bytes)
- 20. Re: Axle housing change related to fuel pump relocation? (score: 1)
- Author: RAHosmer@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:47:35 EST
- If the "white" pic was from February 8th, I sent it - never heard if you got it. FWIW - that is a factory original never-touched installation on a 1962 BT7 tri-carb, NOT a BJ8! Dick Hosmer
- /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00266.html (6,738 bytes)
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