Well my efforts to dispose of the entire used parts inventory have not been successful. I had expressions of interest but when it came down to it they just didn’t work out. As a result I have reluctantly decided to try to sell what I can through this blog. As can be imagined organizing and… Continue reading Tons of Used Parts …Chapter IV
Category: Healey Stuff
Crownwheel Bolts: Solution Found
Thanks to the very welcome advice of Jim Hockert, Mike Gladwin, Bob Haskell, Richard Ewald, Dallas Congleton and Ken Freese, all of whom made very worthwhile suggestions, I think we have the problem solved. My idea of the tab washers became a non starter when I realized that I would be unable to get a… Continue reading Crownwheel Bolts: Solution Found
Locking Crownwheel Bolts
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
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
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
BJ8 Choke Woes
One of the problems I had with my MkIII (BJ8) was that the choke control kept coming loose in the dash. BJ8’s came through the shop on a fairly regular basis and at least half of those would arrive with the same problem. This fault did nothing to enhance the driver’s ability to adjust the… Continue reading BJ8 Choke Woes
Antifreeze for Healeys
Dave Porter, long time Healey nut and general all round good guy, suggested that I take some time to enlighten readers as to the finer points of antifreeze which, like most things in our world, has become a much more complex subject that it was just a few years back. He pointed me to an… Continue reading Antifreeze for Healeys