As noted in my previous post one of the problems we had with AHX12 in the 2007 Targa Newfoundland was caused by the stretching of BSF bolts which hold the crownwheel to the differential carrier. These 50 year old bolts, made at a time when the quality of fasteners available in Britain was not that… Continue reading Locking Crownwheel Bolts
Author: Michael
Who is this guy?
Born in New Zealand some time back. Went to Maori Hill Primary School then Kaikorai Valley High before joining the RNZAF and an Airman Cadet in 1968. Graduated 1972 with an NZCE in Aeronautical Engineering. Then embarked on the typical Kiwis "Big Trip Overseas".
Got to see quite a few places, and spent a while in the U.K. "home" as it was refered to by many New Zealanders in those days, before travelling on to New York and then to Canada by bus!!
This trip is presently on hold (has been for the last 34 years).
Met my dear wife Judy not long after arriving in Ontario and we have been happily married since 1976.
After travelling around New Zealand and the pacific in 1979 I started Precision Sportscar andfor the next 23 years grew the business and helped raise 2 boys Drew and Robin.
Report on AHX12’s Revised Rear Suspension
The Targa Newfoundland 2007 is over and it proved to be a very revealing test of my revisions to AHX12’s rear suspension. By reading my previous posts on the subject you will get an appreciation of why I decided to make this fairly radical change to the suspension and how I did it. All in… Continue reading Report on AHX12’s Revised Rear Suspension
Off to Newfoundland for Targa 2007
At last we are ready to leave for the 2007 Targa Newfoundland. With Michael Oritt as my co-driver we have been lucky enough to join a “marque” team called “Brick and Brute Racing” The other team members are cars #301, a 1963 Mini Cooper “S” crewed by Dyrk Bolger and Terry Milnes and #307 the… Continue reading Off to Newfoundland for Targa 2007
Bronze Guides in Cast Iron Cylinder Heads.
Back in the early days of my business I had a very unhappy customer and, to make matters worse, the customer was a lawyer, not a good combination. Our lawyer friend brought me an MGB with its engine, in boxes, with a whole bunch of new parts and asked me to reassemble it and put… Continue reading Bronze Guides in Cast Iron Cylinder Heads.
Original BJ8 Exhaust Systems
The original exhaust systems on Healeys were very different from those currently available. This deviation from “originality†is particularly evident on the BJ8 and is not mentioned in any of the “authoritative†books I have read. This is my attempt to ensure that this detail of originality will not become lost as the years pass.… Continue reading Original BJ8 Exhaust Systems
Tons of Used Parts… Chapter III
After several days of work we have completed the inventory of the used parts that I want to sell. Anyone who is interested in making an offer please send me an e mail: michaelsalter@gmail.com and I will forward the complete sorted list in Excel format or you can view it unsorted when you scroll down… Continue reading Tons of Used Parts… Chapter III
Tons of Used Parts …Chapter II
Now that the seasons have started their “miraculous mutations†or “swapping around†as we humble non poets would put it the temperature in Ontario has risen, albeit briefly, above freezing. This brief respite has presented me with the opportunity to start a task that I have not been looking forward to. As promised, some weeks… Continue reading Tons of Used Parts …Chapter II
Building a 100R Race Engine
BUILDING A “100R†ENGINE When I bought AHS3903 it was always my intention to race it for at least a couple of seasons and, some 6 years after the purchase, I managed to get the car finished just in time for the 1990 Austin Healey Challenge. Some years earlier I had had the opportunity to… Continue reading Building a 100R Race Engine
Tons of new and used Healey parts
I am seeking the advice of the British Sportscar aficionados out there to resolve a problem that I have encountered. As many will know I used to own and operate Precision Sportscar and our speciality was Big Healeys. At the peak of the business, in the mid eighties, we had 8 full time employees and… Continue reading Tons of new and used Healey parts
Angled Springs
As the work on the conversion of AHX12’s rear suspension to coilovers proceeds I have been looking at other rear suspension systems for inspiration. One of the most interesting drawings that I have come across is that of the rear suspension used in the Lotus 33 F1 car of 1963.   This state of… Continue reading Angled Springs