That rings a bell - I never drove my Healey all through a Canadian winter,
but I recall having a duff starter one fall when I was holding down a
factory job saving for University. Each night, at the end of my shift, I
would wait until the parking lot was clear then push my BT7 across the flat
lot, jump in and pop the clutch in second to start it. This went on through
the fall, but as the temperature dropped through the season it got harder
and harder to push fast enough to start. Finally one night in late November
I could not get it going after exhausting all the energy I had. The rest of
the shift had gone and I ended up calling my Mum for lift at 1 AM. After
that I had to scrape the money together for the starter - no way I was going
to face Mum's wrath again!
Mirek
60 BT7
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Dickson" <rdickson@midwestarchaeology.com>
> 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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