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Mike,
My car has been off the road for 4 years and I am finally planning to get i=
t into paint it this weekend. It isn't just new parts or re-pops that can v=
ary in dimension even used or NOS parts are sometimes wrong. The fact that =
these cars were "hand built" and the suppliers at the time were a little sl=
oppy with their tolerances means that any job is going to be as much a matt=
er of luck as skill. I read or heard somewhere that Jensens had piles of pa=
nels next to their assembly line and that as the chassis came down the line=
they would test fit panels until they found an acceptable match. Parts lik=
e the cockpit surrounds, bonnets and deck lids were hand fitted to each car=
and number stamped to avoid having them mixed up. Parts from one car may h=
ave a completely different fit than those from another. Oh well, If it were=
easy a Ford mechanic could do it...
Congratulations on your retirement. If I had known how much I would enjoy i=
t I would have done that first.
Bill Lawrence
BN1 #554
________________________________
From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Mike MacLean <r=
rengineer.mike@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 10:19 PM
To: Jean Caron
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Mind if I Rant?
Jean,
Believe me when I say, restored old parts or NOS parts are my first ch=
oice. Sometimes fiddling with a repop to make it fit is less work than mak=
ing the part. It seems any reproduction part needs to be "adjusted" to fit=
. If I had a swear jar in the garage, I wouldn't have enough money left fo=
r food during the last week of the month. I get my retirement income on th=
e first.
Mike
On Jul 11, 2019 2:47 PM, Jean Caron <vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.c=
om> wrote:
Mike,
If you have the old parts and they are too rusted to be used, sometimes it =
pays to make them yourself and drill the holes exactly where they need to b=
e, it=92s time consuming but it fits right the first time.
Jean
Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986> for Window=
s 10
________________________________
From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Mike MacLean <r=
rengineer.mike@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019 3:18:58 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Mind if I Rant?
I am beginning to understand what a restorer friend of mine once told me. =
He said he could restore three BJ8 cars in the time it took to do a 100. V=
irtually no parts I have bought from the usual suspects for my BN2 are easy=
to install. Nothing fits like it was made for the car. This morning I ma=
de an attempt to bolt up the two bump stop boxes over the rear axle. None =
of the holes in the part lined up with the holes in the body above the rear=
axle. I will have to auger out at least three of the holes in the bump st=
op box to get all four bolts in. This car is fighting me every step of the=
way. I guess it's like my restorer friend who has since passed told me wh=
en he sold me that rolling frame with a few body panels on it, "Go ahead bu=
y the car, it will give you a reason to live". I am beginning to understan=
d what he meant. Half the time I am pulling my hair out and inventing new =
curse words, but I go out to that garage everyday and try to accomplish som=
ething on the car, even if I end up beating my head against the wall, I kee=
p coming back. Rant over.
Mike MacLean
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My car has been off the road for 4 years and I am finally planning to get i=
t into paint it this weekend. It isn't just new parts or re-pops that can v=
ary in dimension even used or NOS parts are sometimes wrong. The fact that =
these cars were "hand built" and
the suppliers at the time were a little sloppy with their tolerances means=
that any job is going to be as much a matter of luck as skill. I read or h=
eard somewhere that Jensens had piles of panels next to their assembly line=
and that as the chassis came down
the line they would test fit panels until they found an acceptable match. =
Parts like the cockpit surrounds, bonnets and deck lids were hand fitted to=
each car and number stamped to avoid having them mixed up. Parts from one =
car may have a completely different
fit than those from another. Oh well, If it were easy a Ford mechanic coul=
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Congratulations on your retirement. If I had known how much I would en=
joy it I would have done that first.</div>
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Bill Lawrence</div>
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BN1 #554</div>
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yle=3D"font-size:11pt" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-b=
ounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Mike MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att=
.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2019 10:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jean Caron<br>
<b>Cc:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Mind if I Rant?</font>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Jean,
<div dir=3D"auto"> Believe me when I say, restored old p=
arts or NOS parts are my first choice. Sometimes fiddling with a repo=
p to make it fit is less work than making the part. It seems any repr=
oduction part needs to be "adjusted" to fit. If I had a swe=
ar
jar in the garage, I wouldn't have enough money left for food during the l=
ast week of the month. I get my retirement income on the first.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Mike</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br>
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<div class=3D"x_gmail_quote">On Jul 11, 2019 2:47 PM, Jean Caron <vintag=
e_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution">
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<p>Mike, </p>
<p>If you have the old parts and they are too rusted to be used, sometimes =
it pays to make them yourself and drill the holes exactly where they need t=
o be, it=92s time consuming but it fits right the first time.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Jean</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sent from <a href=3D"https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986";>M=
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> on behalf of Mike MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2019 3:18:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Mind if I Rant?</font>
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<div dir=3D"auto">I am beginning to understand what a restorer friend of mi=
ne once told me. He said he could restore three BJ8 cars in the time =
it took to do a 100. Virtually no parts I have bought from the usual =
suspects for my BN2 are easy to install. Nothing
fits like it was made for the car. This morning I made an attempt to=
bolt up the two bump stop boxes over the rear axle. None of the hole=
s in the part lined up with the holes in the body above the rear axle. =
; I will have to auger out at least three of the
holes in the bump stop box to get all four bolts in. This car is fig=
hting me every step of the way. I guess it's like my restorer friend =
who has since passed told me when he sold me that rolling frame with a few =
body panels on it, "Go ahead buy the car,
it will give you a reason to live". I am beginning to understan=
d what he meant. Half the time I am pulling my hair out and inventing=
new curse words, but I go out to that garage everyday and try to accomplis=
h something on the car, even if I end up beating
my head against the wall, I keep coming back. Rant over.
<div dir=3D"auto">Mike MacLean</div>
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