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Bleakness.
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Just wasted several hours in "live chat" with verizon support. Problems not solved. ugh.
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Nope, three zeroes is correct. Worldwide total over the period from 1953-1968. Not exactly a raging success. More after I eat.
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We shall see.
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The grille is a minor detail, I'm just glad that god-awful bumper is gone. And a meaner Duramax doesn't hurt either.
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The short answer to your production question on the Healeys last night: About 72,00 "big Healeys" were built between '53 and '68. Many more Sprites were built and they ran until about '71. I'll post more detail tonight.
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Huge improvement!
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This car is the only one of the three Healeys that has a rollbar like that. It was a result of it being setup for Rally racing by the previous owner.
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Could well be. And the V6 is positioned nicely for that.
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Check the HP numbers on the SS auto vs. manual for some perspective.
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And Healeys are the leakiest cars in history! If it contains liquid, it leaks.
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This car's frame has had a rough life, its been bent and patched and battered on racetracks and rally courses for years. And, yes, these frames don't even resemble anything American. Not even close.
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No. These are 100-4s, they were followed by the 100-6, the 3000, and the Sprite (Bugeye) into the sixties. I'll find out when production stopped tomorrow.
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And the only major difference between the MGB shock and the original is the bend of the arms which allows "some" camber adjustment. Without this modification, or a sliding mount plate for the shocks( another mod), there is no camber adjustment.
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The British are a bit slow on the uptake. We are running MGB lever shocks on this car that MG used right up to the end of MGB poduction in, what, 1980 or so? Edit: this Healey is a '56
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These cars are dead-primitive: King pins, lever shocks, leaf springs...
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In fact, as you see this one in the pics, it rocks on the lift because of the irregularities on the old frame. I can rock it with one hand as it doesn't "settle" onto the lift. Battered and dented, but stifff as a board.
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Yup. Same result, different approach. The Healeys are light (including the frame), but they are triangulated and reinforced six ways from sunday. I was actually shocked at how stiff they are when I first messed with them years ago.
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Actually the frame is very stiff. So stiff in fact, that if the bottom of the rail has been dented during the last 50+ track years, the jackstands have to be adjusted to accomodate or that corner will just hang in midair. The central section is X'ed, and the whole thing is built like a unibody hybrid, tied together and supported everywhere. These are pretty tough little buggers.
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Yes. Healeys just like it ran in the original race when they were new, and this car ran as part of a Healey team when they ran the race again about 10 years ago or so. It was set up as a rally car when the boss bought it. I remember it coming in on the huge collector car transporter.
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It's Here: The 2010 Chevy Camaro configurator
Camino LS6 replied to Intrepidation's topic in Chevrolet
That's been the plan from the start. -
It's Here: The 2010 Chevy Camaro configurator
Camino LS6 replied to Intrepidation's topic in Chevrolet
Not gonna happen. 'Sides, I don't hate GM, I'm just pissed at them. -
It's Here: The 2010 Chevy Camaro configurator
Camino LS6 replied to Intrepidation's topic in Chevrolet
I almost did that blue, BP. If I were actually ordering one, I still might. -
Actually, there are two other Healeys and a Lotus that need almost as much work by then. And I'm working by myself.
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This Healey was whole when I started, this is as far as I'm going to strip it down. This car will race in May.