- 21. Top installation (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 23:31:40 -0400
- Yes, all the way to the front bow. See p. 77 of Clausager.
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00036.html (6,286 bytes)
- 22. Sports Car Stamps Issued (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:21:08 -0400
- There was also a set of "Classic Sports Cars" stamps issued October 1st, 1996 by the Royal Mail. Five stamps in the set- each a superb closeup of the grille/ headlamp area by well-known photographer
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00114.html (7,536 bytes)
- 23. hardtop identification (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:33:24 -0400
- The four-seater hardtop sat on the aluminum cockpit surround, raised from the shroud to wheelarch height, but the two seater hardtop sat directly on the rear deck which was below wheelarch level. The
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00294.html (7,227 bytes)
- 24. Improvements- Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:19:37 -0400
- Okay that's it ! This thread has gone too far ! I've been mildly tolerating this business of "lets replace everything with Asian or American parts to make it better" BUT: "IT DOES NOT MAKE THAT ANNOY
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00395.html (8,794 bytes)
- 25. Fuel pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:48:56 -0400
- to remount them inside the car so you can constantly whack them with a hammer as you drive. Pumps were first bolted to the heelboard directly above the exhaust pipes, then on a bracket to slightly t
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00450.html (8,753 bytes)
- 26. Fuel Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:34:07 -0400
- Yeah, man. Its kinda like STAR WARS, man, you know - the FORCE? Like bein' in da ZONE, man ! Sure I can hear it ticking. Maybe its because its bolted to the heelboard directly. Like the soundboard on
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00457.html (7,223 bytes)
- 27. Healey Guide (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:15:00 -0400
- While DMH and Tommy Wisdom wrote "The Austin Healey Guide" for the Sports Car Press series of Guides in the USA, they also wrote a hardcover book at around the same time but for the British publisher
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00609.html (6,620 bytes)
- 28. healey boat on Ebay in UK (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:12:23 -0400
- That steering wheel never graced a fifties vehicle, nor did the small blackface tachometer fitted into the original big hole, and the vinyl trim that looks like a blue blanket loosely wrapped around
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00856.html (6,577 bytes)
- 29. Transition in Upholstery Style. (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:13:03 -0400
- It would be interesting to see exactly the way Austin and Jensen (and the Healeys) worked together. Was it: (Austin) "We need a new armrest. Can you (Jensen) do one for us?" or "We need a new armrest
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00019.html (7,003 bytes)
- 30. BN 6 Interiors (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:06:49 -0400
- Derek. Yes, I'm familiar with that road test shot of PJB 828, and I've seen at least 3 genuine vinyl covers on unrestored cars in red and blue. They were definitely carried on into the early producti
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00047.html (7,615 bytes)
- 31. Current registration. (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:13:10 -0400
- The "handle and axe" question has been visited before. Back in the '90's a wealthy buyer bought the very important Bentley "Old Number One" at a much higher premium than your regular run-of-the-mill
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00702.html (7,540 bytes)
- 32. Current registration. (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:16:09 -0400
- Hi Rudi. When we "restore" a car we try to bring it back to an earlier state in its life, in an attempt to bring it to a "true" condition before it was "corrupted" by daily use, with factory showroom
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00704.html (8,735 bytes)
- 33. Optional Accessories (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:03:52 -0400
- Hi Doug. Clausager DOESN'T say an ammeter was an "option". The ammeter was part of a long list of modifications and extra equipment available from the Donald Healey Motor Company- quite a different s
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00758.html (8,506 bytes)
- 34. Optional accessories (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:28:09 -0400
- Forgot the second part of your question. Ammeters have been installed above the heater controls, in the grab-handle area and in a special chromed gauge mount from Smiths below the dash or on the parc
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00760.html (7,878 bytes)
- 35. Optional accessories (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:08:07 -0400
- The fitted luggage was such a hot ticket item that it died with the four cylinder, I'm afraid. Besides the fact that the trunk on a 4-seater is full of spare tire. A set of fitted colour-matched lugg
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00763.html (7,922 bytes)
- 36. Optional Accessories (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:19:30 -0400
- Hi Doug, We're talking about two separate things . An "option" or "factory option" is something with an official Austin part number that could be added to your car by the Austin Motor Company when th
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00779.html (9,585 bytes)
- 37. BN6 Interiors (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:29:24 -0400
- Carrying on from the BN 2 meant a similar "Longbridge look" for the BN 4, with separate armrest, coloured Armacord trunk, coloured sidescreen bag and of course the same comfortable seats featuring lo
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00891.html (9,770 bytes)
- 38. How big a deal in Concours (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:31:29 -0500
- I don't think the Concours Committee should be able to hand out Gold certificates to cars which aren't correct in areas which define the main characteristics of a given model. In the same way that an
- /html/healeys/2006-03/msg00415.html (8,887 bytes)
- 39. Donald Healey's RAF Service (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:58:51 -0500
- Hi Reid I believe Donald was a Corporal in the RFC in the first war, having gained his Wings in 1916. In the second war, he was a part-time Squadron Leader in the RAF's Air Training Corps. Meanwhile
- /html/healeys/2006-03/msg00467.html (7,088 bytes)
- 40. Merlin engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Svilans" <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:47:22 -0500
- That's a great clip. I heard it was a deliberate prank, the pilot was told to ruffle De Cadenet's hair a bit. The sound of a great engine has to be close to the heart of any Healey owner. Check out
- /html/healeys/2006-03/msg00515.html (7,610 bytes)
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