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1. Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: wcwagner@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bill Wagner Jr.)
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 93 14:12:07 PST
Dear British Car Netters - I do have a question for any big Healey folks. One of the more knowledgable British folks around here says it's a bad idea to remove the body panels from these cars. He did
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00273.html (8,312 bytes)

2. Re: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 15:12:45 -0500 (EST)
Big Healey types will doubtless give you more authoritative answers, but I can say that total restorations of big Healeys generally does involve a total removal of all body parts, i.e. removal of all
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00274.html (8,721 bytes)

3. RE: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: okane@cscns.com (Olin Kane)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 10:19:05 MST
Not true. I am currently restoring a 3000 and there is no problem removing body panels. The "more knowledgeable" source may have been referring to more significant work such as removing sills, outri
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00311.html (7,866 bytes)

4. Re: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 16:03:16 -0500
I'm in the middle of a major restoration of a 67 Healey too. I have the car completely stripped. Right now it is nothing more than a painted substructure on a dolly... I'm not quite sure what panels
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00333.html (8,129 bytes)

5. Re: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: wcwagner@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bill Wagner Jr.)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 15:23:22 PST
welded than William - Thanks for the input. I probably haven't examined this a closely as I should, but in looking at the rear end, underneath the bumpers, the lower edge of the shroud? seems to be
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00334.html (9,146 bytes)

6. Re: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 16:45:53 -0500
he shroud? y, but I think you are refering to the rivets used to attach the aluminum and the steel together. The front and rear shrouds (as well as the fenders and doors) have no welds which attach
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00336.html (8,031 bytes)

7. Re: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: wcwagner@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bill Wagner Jr.)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 16:03:08 PST
Ok. I'm with you now. Rivets. When one reattaches these, are rivets the best way to go? I'll also keep in mind that these pieces are to be treated with great care. $800 - $1500?????? Ouch. :) Bill W
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00338.html (8,776 bytes)

8. Re: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 19:54:58 -0500
Yea, rivets are the way to go. Actually they are really good fasteners. There is no way to weld aluminium to steel. -- William woodruff woodruff@caen.engin.umich.edu
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00350.html (7,351 bytes)

9. Re: Big Healey Question (score: 1)
Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 93 8:03:49 PST
About 8 bizillion stainless steel pop rivets are used to attach Cobra aluminum bodies to their tubular steel frames. Roland
/html/british-cars/1993-12/msg00371.html (7,375 bytes)


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