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Re: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods

To: Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>, 'Michael Salter' <michaelsalter@gmail.com>, 'Bob Spidell' <bspidell@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods
From: Robert Markovich via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:36:34 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: "'Healey, Forum'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
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Many thanks for your recommendation regarding Ahead4Healeys. I=E2=80=99ve n=
ever tried them but will!


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On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 10:56 AM, Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan@ale=
xarevel.plus.com> wrote:

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It=E2=80=99s been my impression, over the years, that almost everyone is sa=
fer than Moss. That=E2=80=99s purely as an observer/listener to comments ac=
ross the pond as virtually no one in the UK bothers with Moss at all. Yes, =
agreed as to Michael=E2=80=99s comments regarding AHSpares. They sold me a =
dud clutch and, although they replaced it without argument, they were rathe=
r too nonchalant about the whole thing for my liking. Despite several reque=
sts for feedback I never heard anything. I use Ahead4Healeys nowadays. I dr=
opped in on them a few months back and they gave me a tour. All looked pret=
ty efficient. They had small units within doing interiors and panels etc=E2=
=80=A6.all high quality. Impressive!

Simon

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Robert Markovic=
h via Healeys
Sent: 19 February 2025 15:02
To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com>; Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast=
.net>
Cc: Healey, Forum <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods

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That=E2=80=99s sad to hear as they have seemed to be a safer bet than Moss =
over the 25 years I=E2=80=99ve owned Healeys (a BN6, a BN1, and currently a=
 BN7).=C2=A0



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On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 9:18 AM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gma=
il.com> wrote:


Having just received a shipment of parts yesterday from AH Spares, of whom =
I have been a customer for over 50 years, I'm sorry to say that I would now=
 be very reluctant to purchase something as safety critical as a front brak=
e kit from them.=C2=A0

Unfortunately, based upon my=C2=A0 experience with several suppliers over t=
he years, as companies get larger they are inclined to emphasize volume ove=
r quality and AH Spares seem to be tracing that path.

 =C2=A0

M

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On Tue., Feb. 18, 2025, 10:50 p.m. Bob Spidell via Healeys, <healeys@autox.=
team.net> wrote:


Sooooooooooooo ... no one's installed the AHSpares front disk kit?



On 2/18/2025 5:02 PM, Tom Mitchell wrote:


I love absolutely love driving my Healey, I=E2=80=99ve driven from Michigan=
 to North and south Carolina, to Vermont to south Dacoda, =C2=A0to North Ca=
rolina, back and forth to Kentucky and beyond.

=C2=A0I=E2=80=99ve done a few reversible upgrades.=C2=A0

Alternator, additional fuses, halogen headlights Toyota transmission, third=
 brake light, even (gasp) cruise control. I want my kids and grandkids to b=
e able to drive it.=C2=A0

It=E2=80=99s needs a new or rebuilt frame, maybe one day. In the meantime I=
=E2=80=99m driving the heck out of it.

I=E2=80=99m in my early 70s, love working on it, but the fatigue of driving=
 it is costing me.

I have Mieka seats (not installed) so maybe (my wife doesn=E2=80=99t like t=
hem).=C2=A0

Everything is (so far) easily reversible.=C2=A0



Dr.Mitchell's Gmail

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 6:42=E2=80=AFPM Robert Markovich via Healeys <heale=
ys@autox.team.net> wrote:


I believe in keeping my Healey ESSENTIALLY original. But here in America, I=
 like driving it, often=C2=A0to gatherings 100 or more miles away. New radi=
al tires add safety and handling while looking mostly original=E2=80=94and =
old as they are, Healeys still handle surprisingly well, especially on a sm=
ooth road. And alternator will charge a battery far better than the standar=
d generator while a modern fuel pump is likelier to keep working=E2=80=94tw=
o examples of upgrades that maintain the original feel of the car while red=
ucing the chance of being stuck on the roadside. So I maintain my belief in=
 at least a few sympathetic upgrades to allow my Healey to spend more=C2=A0=
time on the road and less time at a service station.=C2=A0



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On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 1:14 PM, josef-eckert--- via Healeys <healey=
s@autox.team.net> wrote:


Bob,
Your Austin-Healey is not a modern car and never will be again and so handl=
es like an 70 years old car. That=C2=B4s what it should be and I am really =
happy my 100 handles "vintage" what makes it even more attractive to me. My=
 point is, this modifications are like a face lifting to a human beeing. It=
 doesn=C2=B4t make things better, even worse as it makes an stylish old lad=
y doubtful.
When it comes to selling, leave the car original and you would get a better=
 price compared to a modified bitser, at least here in Europe. Here in Euro=
pe you rarely would drive an Austin-Healey over long distances anymore, eve=
n its fitted with the newest gimmicks nobody really needs.

Josef Eckert
Germany


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Betreff: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods
Datum: 2025-02-18T18:29:33+0100
Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
An: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>

The current discussion re: "What should us old f***s do with our Healeys=20
when we're too decrepit to drive them and the kids and grandkids=20
(mostly) want nothing to do with them"--and related to a couple ads I've=20
gotten recently from AHSpares--got me to thinking. I've largely kept the=20
100M my dad found in the local newspaper that we restored together=20
original, but now I'm thinking, pursuant to that conversation, why not=20
make some 'tweaks' to improve its drive-ability, since it won't end up a=20
museum piece anyway? In particular: the brakes suck. They're all=20
new/refurbished, and stop well enough for drums, but pull badly and no=20
amount of adjustment makes any difference (my dad's '65 Mustang, with=20
all drums, was even worse, and I advised the guy who bought it to=20
install front disks since it was to be his teenage daughter's car).=20
'Spares also hit me with an ad for an upgraded Panhard kit, which=20
supposedly improves handling--though, besides the brakes I have no=20
issues with its handling--but, why not (since I'll be shipping across=20
The Pond anyway)?

Anyway, anyone got experience with either of these mods, esp. the brake=20
kit (the rotors look a little thin compared to my BJ8's)? FWIW, I'll be=20
72 this year but can still drive well enough to wrangle a 480HP=20
Mustang--my wife might disagree--and I'm considering re-upping my pilot=20
medical (which, if I'm successful, should tell me something about my=20
fitness).

bs
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Many thanks for your recommendation regarding Ahead4Healeys. I=E2=80=99ve n=
ever tried them but will!<br><br><br><div class=3D"yahoo-signature"><a styl=
e=3D"font-size:12px" href=3D"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-w=
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v><br><p class=3D"yahoo-quoted-begin" style=3D"font-size: 15px; color: rgb(=
132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Wednesday, February=
 19, 2025, 10:56 AM, Simon Lachlan &lt;simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com&gt=
; wrote:</p><blockquote class=3D"iosymail"><div id=3D"yiv7008381422"><style=
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--></style><div><div class=3D"yiv7008381422WordSection1"><p class=3D"yiv700=
8381422MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:New serif;">It=E2=80=99s been =
my impression, over the years, that almost everyone is safer than Moss. Tha=
t=E2=80=99s purely as an observer/listener to comments across the pond as v=
irtually no one in the UK bothers with Moss at all. Yes, agreed as to Micha=
el=E2=80=99s comments regarding AHSpares. They sold me a dud clutch and, al=
though they replaced it without argument, they were rather too nonchalant a=
bout the whole thing for my liking. Despite several requests for feedback I=
 never heard anything. I use Ahead4Healeys nowadays. I dropped in on them a=
 few months back and they gave me a tour. All looked pretty efficient. They=
 had small units within doing interiors and panels etc=E2=80=A6.all high qu=
ality. Impressive!</span></p><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:New serif;">Simon</span></p><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNo=
rmal"><span style=3D"font-family:New serif;"> &nbsp;</span></p><div id=3D"y=
iv7008381422yqt19799" class=3D"yiv7008381422yqt7942614922"><div><div style=
=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;">=
<p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-s=
ize:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" st=
yle=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> Healeys &lt;healeys-bounc=
es@autox.team.net&gt; <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Markovich via Healeys<br c=
lear=3D"none"><b>Sent:</b> 19 February 2025 15:02<br clear=3D"none"><b>To:<=
/b> Michael Salter &lt;michaelsalter@gmail.com&gt;; Bob Spidell &lt;bspidel=
l@comcast.net&gt;<br clear=3D"none"><b>Cc:</b> Healey, Forum &lt;healeys@au=
tox.team.net&gt;<br clear=3D"none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Healey 100=
 Mods</span></p></div></div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p>=
<p style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">That=E2=
=80=99s sad to hear as they have seemed to be a safer bet than Moss over th=
e 25 years I=E2=80=99ve owned Healeys (a BN6, a BN1, and currently a BN7).&=
nbsp;<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"></p><div><p class=3D"yiv70083814=
22MsoNormal"><a rel=3D"nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" target=
=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-vi=
deo/id646100661"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;">Sent from the all new AOL=
 app for iOS</span></a></p></div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp=
;</p><p style=3D"margin-top:0cm;" class=3D"yiv7008381422yahoo-quoted-begin"=
><span style=3D"font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(123, 106, 246);">On Wednesday=
, February 19, 2025, 9:18 AM, Michael Salter &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow noopene=
r noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com"; tar=
get=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com";>michaelsalter@gmail.=
com</a>&gt; wrote:</span></p><blockquote style=3D"margin-top:5.0pt;margin-b=
ottom:5.0pt;"><div id=3D"yiv7008381422"><div><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422=
MsoNormal">Having just received a shipment of parts yesterday from AH Spare=
s, of whom I have been a customer for over 50 years, I'm sorry to say that =
I would now be very reluctant to purchase something as safety critical as a=
 front brake kit from them.&nbsp;</p><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNorma=
l">Unfortunately, based upon my&nbsp; experience with several suppliers ove=
r the years, as companies get larger they are inclined to emphasize volume =
over quality and AH Spares seem to be tracing that path.</p></div><div><p c=
lass=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p></div><div><p class=3D"yiv700838=
1422MsoNormal">M</p><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p><di=
v><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p></div></div></div></div><p=
 class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p><div><div id=3D"yiv7008381422y=
qt53614"><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">On Tue., Feb. 18, 2025, 1=
0:50 p.m. Bob Spidell via Healeys, &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow noopener noreferr=
er" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_bla=
nk" href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt; w=
rote:</p></div><blockquote style=3D"border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1=
.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;"><div><p=
 style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">Soooooooo=
ooooo ... no one's installed the AHSpares front disk kit?<br clear=3D"none"=
><br clear=3D"none"></p><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">On 2/18/20=
25 5:02 PM, Tom Mitchell wrote:</p></div><blockquote style=3D"margin-top:5.=
0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">I love a=
bsolutely love driving my Healey, I=E2=80=99ve driven from Michigan to Nort=
h and south Carolina, to Vermont to south Dacoda, &nbsp;to North Carolina, =
back and forth to Kentucky and beyond.</p></div><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381=
422MsoNormal">&nbsp;I=E2=80=99ve done a few reversible upgrades.&nbsp;</p><=
/div><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">Alternator, additional fuses,=
 halogen headlights Toyota transmission, third brake light, even (gasp) cru=
ise control. I want my kids and grandkids to be able to drive it.&nbsp;</p>=
</div><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">It=E2=80=99s needs a new or =
rebuilt frame, maybe one day. In the meantime I=E2=80=99m driving the heck =
out of it.</p></div><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">I=E2=80=99m in=
 my early 70s, love working on it, but the fatigue of driving it is costing=
 me.</p></div><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">I have Mieka seats (=
not installed) so maybe (my wife doesn=E2=80=99t like them).&nbsp;</p></div=
><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">Everything is (so far) easily rev=
ersible.&nbsp;<br clear=3D"all"><br clear=3D"all"></p><div><div><p class=3D=
"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">Dr.Mitchell's Gmail</p></div></div></div><div><p c=
lass=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p></div><div><p class=3D"yiv700838=
1422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p><div><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">On =
Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 6:42<span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif;">=E2=80=AF<=
/span>PM Robert Markovich via Healeys &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow noopener noref=
errer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_=
blank" href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt=
; wrote:</p></div><blockquote style=3D"border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCC=
C 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;"><div=
><p style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">I beli=
eve in keeping my Healey ESSENTIALLY original. But here in America, I like =
driving it, often&nbsp;to gatherings 100 or more miles away. New radial tir=
es add safety and handling while looking mostly original=E2=80=94and old as=
 they are, Healeys still handle surprisingly well, especially on a smooth r=
oad. And alternator will charge a battery far better than the standard gene=
rator while a modern fuel pump is likelier to keep working=E2=80=94two exam=
ples of upgrades that maintain the original feel of the car while reducing =
the chance of being stuck on the roadside. So I maintain my belief in at le=
ast a few sympathetic upgrades to allow my Healey to spend more&nbsp;time o=
n the road and less time at a service station.&nbsp;<br clear=3D"none"><br =
clear=3D"none"></p><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"><a rel=3D"nofol=
low noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://a=
pps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661"><span style=
=3D"font-size:9.0pt;">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</span></a></p><=
/div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p><p style=3D"margin-top:=
0cm;"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(132, 115, 255);">On Tues=
day, February 18, 2025, 1:14 PM, josef-eckert--- via Healeys &lt;<a rel=3D"=
nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:healeys@auto=
x.team.net" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healey=
s@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span></p><blockquote style=3D"margin-top:5=
.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><p class=3D"yiv7008381422MsoNormal">Bob,<br=
 clear=3D"none">Your Austin-Healey is not a modern car and never will be ag=
ain and so handles like an 70 years old car. That=C2=B4s what it should be =
and I am really happy my 100 handles "vintage" what makes it even more attr=
active to me. My point is, this modifications are like a face lifting to a =
human beeing. It doesn=C2=B4t make things better, even worse as it makes an=
 stylish old lady doubtful.<br clear=3D"none">When it comes to selling, lea=
ve the car original and you would get a better price compared to a modified=
 bitser, at least here in Europe. Here in Europe you rarely would drive an =
Austin-Healey over long distances anymore, even its fitted with the newest =
gimmicks nobody really needs.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Josef Ec=
kert<br clear=3D"none">Germany<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><br cle=
ar=3D"none">-----Original-Nachricht-----<br clear=3D"none">Betreff: [Healey=
s] Healey 100 Mods<br clear=3D"none">Datum: 2025-02-18T18:29:33+0100<br cle=
ar=3D"none">Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow noopener =
noreferrer" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=
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_blank" href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a>&g=
t;<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">The current discussion re: "What sh=
ould us old f***s do with our Healeys <br clear=3D"none">when we're too dec=
repit to drive them and the kids and grandkids <br clear=3D"none">(mostly) =
want nothing to do with them"--and related to a couple ads I've <br clear=
=3D"none">gotten recently from AHSpares--got me to thinking. I've largely k=
ept the <br clear=3D"none">100M my dad found in the local newspaper that we=
 restored together <br clear=3D"none">original, but now I'm thinking, pursu=
ant to that conversation, why not <br clear=3D"none">make some 'tweaks' to =
improve its drive-ability, since it won't end up a <br clear=3D"none">museu=
m piece anyway? In particular: the brakes suck. They're all <br clear=3D"no=
ne">new/refurbished, and stop well enough for drums, but pull badly and no =
<br clear=3D"none">amount of adjustment makes any difference (my dad's '65 =
Mustang, with <br clear=3D"none">all drums, was even worse, and I advised t=
he guy who bought it to <br clear=3D"none">install front disks since it was=
 to be his teenage daughter's car). <br clear=3D"none">'Spares also hit me =
with an ad for an upgraded Panhard kit, which <br clear=3D"none">supposedly=
 improves handling--though, besides the brakes I have no <br clear=3D"none"=
>issues with its handling--but, why not (since I'll be shipping across <br =
clear=3D"none">The Pond anyway)?<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Anywa=
y, anyone got experience with either of these mods, esp. the brake <br clea=
r=3D"none">kit (the rotors look a little thin compared to my BJ8's)? FWIW, =
I'll be <br clear=3D"none">72 this year but can still drive well enough to =
wrangle a 480HP <br clear=3D"none">Mustang--my wife might disagree--and I'm=
 considering re-upping my pilot <br clear=3D"none">medical (which, if I'm s=
uccessful, should tell me something about my <br clear=3D"none">fitness).<b=
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