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Sooooooooooooo ... no one's installed the AHSpares front disk kit?
On 2/18/2025 5:02 PM, Tom Mitchell wrote:
> I love absolutely love driving my Healey, Iâ??ve driven from Michigan to
> North and south Carolina, to Vermont to south Dacoda, Â to North
> Carolina, back and forth to Kentucky and beyond.
> Â Iâ??ve done a few reversible upgrades.
> Alternator, additional fuses, halogen headlights Toyota transmission,
> third brake light, even (gasp) cruise control. I want my kids and
> grandkids to be able to drive it.
> Itâ??s needs a new or rebuilt frame, maybe one day. In the meantime Iâ??m
> driving the heck out of it.
> Iâ??m in my early 70s, love working on it, but the fatigue of driving it
> is costing me.
> I have Mieka seats (not installed) so maybe (my wife doesnâ??t like them).
> Everything is (so far) easily reversible.
>
> Dr.Mitchell's Gmail
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 6:42â?¯PM Robert Markovich via Healeys
> <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> I believe in keeping my Healey ESSENTIALLY original. But here in
> America, I like driving it, often to gatherings 100 or more miles
> away. New radial tires add safety and handling while looking
> mostly originalâ??and old as they are, Healeys still handle
> surprisingly well, especially on a smooth road. And alternator
> will charge a battery far better than the standard generator while
> a modern fuel pump is likelier to keep workingâ??two examples of
> upgrades that maintain the original feel of the car while reducing
> the chance of being stuck on the roadside. So I maintain my belief
> in at least a few sympathetic upgrades to allow my Healey to spend
> more time on the road and less time at a service station.
>
>
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> On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 1:14 PM, josef-eckert--- via
> Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Bob,
> Your Austin-Healey is not a modern car and never will be again
> and so handles like an 70 years old car. That´s what it should
> be and I am really happy my 100 handles "vintage" what makes
> it even more attractive to me. My point is, this modifications
> are like a face lifting to a human beeing. It doesn´t make
> things better, even worse as it makes an stylish old lady
> doubtful.
> When it comes to selling, leave the car original and you would
> get a better price compared to a modified bitser, at least
> here in Europe. Here in Europe you rarely would drive an
> Austin-Healey over long distances anymore, even its fitted
> with the newest gimmicks nobody really needs.
>
> Josef Eckert
> Germany
>
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Betreff: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods
> Datum: 2025-02-18T18:29:33+0100
> Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> An: "Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
>
> The current discussion re: "What should us old f***s do with
> our Healeys
> when we're too decrepit to drive them and the kids and grandkids
> (mostly) want nothing to do with them"--and related to a
> couple ads I've
> gotten recently from AHSpares--got me to thinking. I've
> largely kept the
> 100M my dad found in the local newspaper that we restored
> together
> original, but now I'm thinking, pursuant to that conversation,
> why not
> make some 'tweaks' to improve its drive-ability, since it
> won't end up a
> museum piece anyway? In particular: the brakes suck. They're all
> new/refurbished, and stop well enough for drums, but pull
> badly and no
> amount of adjustment makes any difference (my dad's '65
> Mustang, with
> all drums, was even worse, and I advised the guy who bought it to
> install front disks since it was to be his teenage daughter's
> car).
> 'Spares also hit me with an ad for an upgraded Panhard kit, which
> supposedly improves handling--though, besides the brakes I
> have no
> issues with its handling--but, why not (since I'll be shipping
> across
> The Pond anyway)?
>
> Anyway, anyone got experience with either of these mods, esp.
> the brake
> kit (the rotors look a little thin compared to my BJ8's)?
> FWIW, I'll be
> 72 this year but can still drive well enough to wrangle a 480HP
> Mustang--my wife might disagree--and I'm considering re-upping
> my pilot
> medical (which, if I'm successful, should tell me something
> about my
> fitness).
>
> bs
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Sooooooooooooo ... no one's installed the AHSpares front disk kit?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2025 5:02 PM, Tom Mitchell
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I love absolutely love driving my Healey, Iâ??ve
driven from Michigan to North and south Carolina, to Vermont to
south Dacoda, Â to North Carolina, back and forth to Kentucky and
beyond.</div>
<div dir="auto"> Iâ??ve done a few reversible upgrades. </div>
<div dir="auto">Alternator, additional fuses, halogen headlights
Toyota transmission, third brake light, even (gasp) cruise
control. I want my kids and grandkids to be able to drive it. </div>
<div dir="auto">Itâ??s needs a new or rebuilt frame, maybe one day.
In the meantime Iâ??m driving the heck out of it.</div>
<div dir="auto">Iâ??m in my early 70s, love working on it, but the
fatigue of driving it is costing me.</div>
<div dir="auto">I have Mieka seats (not installed) so maybe (my
wife doesnâ??t like them). </div>
<div dir="auto">Everything is (so far) easily reversible. <br
clear="all">
<br clear="all">
<div dir="auto">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"
data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Dr.Mitchell's Gmail</div>
</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at
6:42â?¯PM Robert Markovich via Healeys <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
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I believe in keeping my Healey ESSENTIALLY original. But
here in America, I like driving it, often to gatherings
100 or more miles away. New radial tires add safety and
handling while looking mostly originalâ??and old as they
are, Healeys still handle surprisingly well, especially on
a smooth road. And alternator will charge a battery far
better than the standard generator while a modern fuel
pump is likelier to keep workingâ??two examples of upgrades
that maintain the original feel of the car while reducing
the chance of being stuck on the roadside. So I maintain
my belief in at least a few sympathetic upgrades to allow
my Healey to spend more time on the road and less time at
a service station. <br>
<br>
<br>
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style="font-size:15px;padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(132,115,255)">On
Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 1:14 PM, josef-eckert--- via
Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Bob,<br clear="none">
Your Austin-Healey is not a modern car and never will
be again and so handles like an 70 years old car.
That´s what it should be and I am really happy my 100
handles "vintage" what makes it even more attractive
to me. My point is, this modifications are like a face
lifting to a human beeing. It doesn´t make things
better, even worse as it makes an stylish old lady
doubtful.<br clear="none">
When it comes to selling, leave the car original and
you would get a better price compared to a modified
bitser, at least here in Europe. Here in Europe you
rarely would drive an Austin-Healey over long
distances anymore, even its fitted with the newest
gimmicks nobody really needs.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Josef Eckert<br clear="none">
Germany<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
-----Original-Nachricht-----<br clear="none">
Betreff: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods<br clear="none">
Datum: 2025-02-18T18:29:33+0100<br clear="none">
Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <<a shape="rect"
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br
clear="none">
An: "Healeys" <<a shape="rect"
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br
clear="none">
<br clear="none">
The current discussion re: "What should us old f***s
do with our Healeys <br clear="none">
when we're too decrepit to drive them and the kids and
grandkids <br clear="none">
(mostly) want nothing to do with them"--and related to
a couple ads I've <br clear="none">
gotten recently from AHSpares--got me to thinking.
I've largely kept the <br clear="none">
100M my dad found in the local newspaper that we
restored together <br clear="none">
original, but now I'm thinking, pursuant to that
conversation, why not <br clear="none">
make some 'tweaks' to improve its drive-ability, since
it won't end up a <br clear="none">
museum piece anyway? In particular: the brakes suck.
They're all <br clear="none">
new/refurbished, and stop well enough for drums, but
pull badly and no <br clear="none">
amount of adjustment makes any difference (my dad's
'65 Mustang, with <br clear="none">
all drums, was even worse, and I advised the guy who
bought it to <br clear="none">
install front disks since it was to be his teenage
daughter's car). <br clear="none">
'Spares also hit me with an ad for an upgraded Panhard
kit, which <br clear="none">
supposedly improves handling--though, besides the
brakes I have no <br clear="none">
issues with its handling--but, why not (since I'll be
shipping across <br clear="none">
The Pond anyway)?<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Anyway, anyone got experience with either of these
mods, esp. the brake <br clear="none">
kit (the rotors look a little thin compared to my
BJ8's)? FWIW, I'll be <br clear="none">
72 this year but can still drive well enough to
wrangle a 480HP <br clear="none">
Mustang--my wife might disagree--and I'm considering
re-upping my pilot <br clear="none">
medical (which, if I'm successful, should tell me
something about my <br clear="none">
fitness).<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
bs<br clear="none">
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