In 1966 my new wife and I traveled from Kitchener, Ontario to Eureka, Ca
via Vancouver, BC in my 1964 MGB. It was February 19th when we left
Ontario. I lined the top and front area left and right of the floorboards
with cardboard. The little heater grunted and groaned, but we suffered no
frostbite. I especially remember leaving a Regina, SK motel before daylight
when it was well below zero. The MGB started and away we went. No snow
tires or chains -- and at that age, no fear.
Michael Hartfield
65 BJ8
Randy Dicksonrdickson@midwestarchaeology.com
> Fellow Healeyoids,
> Are we all becoming soft here in our old age?
> I certainly would not be opposed to driving my Healey in the winter if I
> didn't have to worry about the salt. If the roads were dry why not? The
> driving season is just too short here in NE Wisconsin.
>
> Back in college in eastern Iowa in the late 70s, I used to drive my Healey
> year around. I had a rust-bucket 57 BN4 with a rat-gnawed top that would
> blow off at anything above 30mph. The last 3/4 of the winter I drove the
> car (sans top) to the store to get beer, to class and to play ice hockey.
>
> My brother had a 63 BJ7 in college in the late 60s in central Iowa. He
> would park it on the hill in front of our house because the starter motor
> was bad and he had no money or place to fix it. He pop stated the car every
> morning to drive to class. Some mornings he would have to shovel a narrow
> path down the street so that the car's rear wheels would catch and not slide
> on the snow so that the car would pop start. He still says that when he
> used to get into the car the seat cushion was frozen and his head would be
> hitting the inside of the convertible top. After a half hour, his ass would
> warm up the cushion it would sink down to an acceptable height.
>
> Randy
> Healey Archaeologist
> 63 BJ7
> 60 BT7
> 66 Cobra replica
> 06 Mini Cooper S
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of BJ8Healeys
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:33 AM
> To: 'healeys'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN 7 MkII heat shield/ Jet Hot the Headers?
>
> "...(because no one drives their Healey in the middle of winter and needs
> that extra heat)...."
>
> Hmmm.. Next weekend there will be three BJ8s traveling from the coast of
> North Carolina over to Winston-Salem (about 250 miles) for the annual Triad
> AHC annual party. It's 32F in Winston-Salem right now (47 here in
> Havelock), but the temperatures over there are forecast to be around 19 - 29
> F for the party. A little extra heat will probably be appreciated.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
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