- 161. [Healeys] Factory hardtop (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:33:42 -0400
- To be a little more specific: The numbers are oriented so that they can be read sitting in the right-hand seat and looking up and forward. They are on the wide horizontal portion of the extrusion, an
- /html/healeys/2010-09/msg00127.html (7,538 bytes)
- 162. [Healeys] Factory hardtop (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:48:18 -0400
- ....with the base of the numbers up against the short vertical flange which is towards the outside and DOESN"T take the Furflex seal. _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.te
- /html/healeys/2010-09/msg00128.html (7,213 bytes)
- 163. [Healeys] semi off-topic (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:49:55 -0400
- Jensens acquired the four-litre Austin engine as an appeasement from Leonard Lord to Richard Jensen, for copying closely the Jensen PW sedan to produce their very similar looking Austin Sheerline sed
- /html/healeys/2010-09/msg00180.html (8,008 bytes)
- 164. [Healeys] semi off-topic (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:11:17 -0400
- You can weld up bullet holes...... (sniff) _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.75 Archive: htt
- /html/healeys/2010-09/msg00181.html (7,046 bytes)
- 165. [Healeys] semi off-topic (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:41:42 -0400
- The original post-war Jensen Interceptor with aluminum body was in production until 1957. Meanwhile, the Jensen 541 with a fiberglass body was introduced in 1953, still using the Austin motor but wit
- /html/healeys/2010-09/msg00188.html (8,025 bytes)
- 166. [Healeys] BT7 14,000 mile car on ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:14:33 -0400
- I saw the car at Hershey as well. A wonderful, amazing car, in good hands now. The previous owner did not appreciate its historical value as much, and had made "improvements" such as Minilites, a rep
- /html/healeys/2010-09/msg00829.html (8,244 bytes)
- 167. [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:24:08 -0400
- < the scoop and the louvers will tend to fight each other and air that stagnates against the windscreen will counterflow into the bonnet louvers > The MGA's body designers put oval air vents into the
- /html/healeys/2010-10/msg00033.html (8,536 bytes)
- 168. [Healeys] Bonnet Louvers (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 18:00:20 -0400
- I'm not making broad statement about all louvered hoods, Carl, just that air flow through and over a car is more complicated and individualized than one would think. The MGA is just an example of an
- /html/healeys/2010-10/msg00038.html (8,319 bytes)
- 169. [Healeys] Bonnet louvers (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:39:45 -0400
- Just back from a sunny, warm Hershey. The 14K mile car was still there Saturday, and looks as if it nay not have sold at the show. < But I'd still like to see what DHMC was offering in the way of lou
- /html/healeys/2010-10/msg00368.html (8,237 bytes)
- 170. [Healeys] Sprite Build Date (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:34:50 -0400
- Hi Jonas, Apart from writing BMIHT, you can get a rough idea from the list of factory modifications made to the car: So 25,060 would be about September, 1959 ? Best Peter ____________________________
- /html/healeys/2010-10/msg00737.html (7,055 bytes)
- 171. [Healeys] BJ7 Arm rest (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:05:21 -0400
- Attaching the armrest to the tunnel carpet is a bit tricky. Yes it is sewn in place, but if you start in one place and just sew all around, you will sew a twist into the armrest because the pile or
- /html/healeys/2010-11/msg00047.html (8,614 bytes)
- 172. [Healeys] Healey 100 at Montlhér (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:28:37 -0500
- Here's a ten minute film of five BMC cars being taken for a run at the French track. Austin-Healey 100, MGA, Pathfinder, Westminster, Wolseley 6/90. And a cup of tea at the end, of course. http://www
- /html/healeys/2010-11/msg00679.html (6,560 bytes)
- 173. [Healeys] Hardtop listed on Heritage Cert. cert ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 21:52:55 -0500
- My certificate from "BL Heritage Limited" dated 15 June 1981 for my BN 6 states only "supplied with an ivory white hardtop". This is for a black car with red interior. ( Very police car ) Also "your
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00067.html (7,136 bytes)
- 174. [Healeys] Closest to BN4L 052381 (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 17:29:08 -0500
- Hi Gergo Just looking at a combination of Clausager's book and the 100-Six Parts List: The late 100-Six engine with the six-port manifold and HD-6 carbs was fitted to ALL cars from Chassis/ Engine No
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00180.html (8,115 bytes)
- 175. [Healeys] Closest to BN4L 052381 (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:39:09 -0500
- < My bn4 came with a 3000 engine > The Browning/ Needham book on the A-H from 1970 has extensive detailed tuning info on the various models. The Tuning section for the 4-port 100-Six consists of one
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00198.html (8,036 bytes)
- 176. [Healeys] Closest to BN4L 052381 (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:06:20 -0500
- The early 100-Sixes were criticized for excessive scuttle shake. This strengthening hoop was introduced with the idea of minimizing this transverse "paralellogram" movement of the cowl structure. Lo
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00210.html (8,188 bytes)
- 177. [Healeys] 26H engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:03:28 -0500
- Going by the BMC Workshop Manuals: The first six cylinders carried on using the 1C ( first series C-type engine) number system, with an "H" denoting High Compression. The numbering system was changed
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00430.html (8,060 bytes)
- 178. [Healeys] 26H engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:46:58 -0500
- Make this up, did not I . The breakdown of chassis and engine numbers is found in most period factory Workshop Manuals for all the various BMC models. They all clearly state that the "H" stands for "
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00463.html (7,863 bytes)
- 179. [Healeys] Top bow positioning on a BJ8 (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:43:30 -0500
- Its not the car or the bows, its the incorrect tailoring of the top itself. My fix was to unpick and open up the long diagonal seam on each rear quarter panel, and take out a long, thin triangle of
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00514.html (7,621 bytes)
- 180. [Healeys] Armrest pad shape (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:41:45 -0500
- Yes, those dimensions are correct. The wide end goes to the front. For location on the tunnel carpet, the front edge of the armrest pad sits 1 3/4" back of the ashtray. The left side of the pad is 1
- /html/healeys/2011-01/msg00442.html (7,407 bytes)
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