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Re: Full Song!

To: "Mark Norris" <m.norris@shaw.ca>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Full Song!
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 11:29:24 -0400
Mark,
A sincere congratulations to you on reaching such a milestone with the car. 
Many people who haven't gone through it all don't really appreciate what 
(and who) it takes to achieve such a goal.
Now enjoy.
Rich Chrysler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Norris" <m.norris@shaw.ca>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 12:40 AM
Subject: Full Song!


> Am back home tired, stiff and sore and VERY happy from a weekend assisting
> gifted Healey "physician" Roy Moore breathe life into HBJ8L 40097 after a 
> 20
> year rest and near demise. Gorgeous exhaust note and nice oil pressure and 
> no
> leaks so far...it just doesn't get any better than that. For each of you 
> who
> have already achieved this, you will understand the lump in my throat and 
> the
> rapid heartbeat that accompanied the first "flash" of the motor, for those 
> who
> are hard at it, persevere! A huge vote of thanks to Earl Kagna for 
> pointing me
> in the right direction after a start so bad that I nearly parted out the 
> car
> (bad luck,one of those rare glove box locks would have shown up on eBay!) 
> Many
> contributers to this list have helped me,  selflessly and although I hate
> those long-winded Oscar speeches I have to publicly acknowledge Earl, Roy,
> John Bumpus, Mike Grams, Rich Chrysler, Richard Gordon, Roger Moment, and 
> my
> new friend from the Low Countries, Jack, in heping me achieve a 
> dream....good
> luck to the rest of you with restorations in progress, and perhaps I will 
> see
> some of you at Healey Rendezvous. Look for a middle-aged guy with a grin 
> on
> his face....hardly narrows it down, does it?
> Mark Norris




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