Rick wrote:
> Ed says:
>
> [QUOTE]
>
> And I MORE than stand by what I said AND what I say because, Frank YOU are
> the IDIOT.
>
> PERIOD.
>
> I am taking the Author's Liberty of "sorting" but NOT mis-quoting your
> reply.
>
> <<I stand by what I said. Whoever designed the throttle set up on a Healey
> was an idiot!>>
>
> I am SURE, were they alive, Donald M. Healey,C.B.E., Geoffrey Healey and
> Roger Menadue might have a few words to say about your un-just AND
> un-understanding diatribe.
THEY did not design the throttle mouse trap set up.
Somebody started pulling parts out of bins until it worked.
> As a mere Spridget "wrench" (and I use the word VERY loosly) you have
> absolutely NO understanding of the FACT that the linkage has THREE
> functions.
Yeah, busted knuckles, headaches, and overdrive kick down which could
have easily been done with vacuum. (dinosaurs showing again)
> er, WHAT world renowned item have YOU designed AND brought to production
> from the ground up, WITH SALES to a consumer base???
None!
> "In 1945, he (DMH editor's note) established the Donald Healey Motor
> Company, Ltd.".
>
> To the very best of my limited knowledge, Frogeye did not come around until
> 1958 (THIRTEEN year later??!!) and it was STRICTLY designed as a Price Point
> CHEAP LBC. PERIOD!!
And the frogeye was decades ahead in design, function, and throttle control!
> Fast forward to May of '53. The first Production Big Healeys came off the
> line a Longbridge WITH and WITHOUT overdrive (which utilized the same basic
> layout YOU have).
Yup, 20 years later and it is still 1945 technology.
> So you STILL owe an apology.
I am truley sorry that guy isn't here in front of me so I can kick him
right square in the nads because whoever designed it was an idiot!
And it probably wasn't any of the healey people. I bet it was Lord
Numbskull of Austin fame.
Now shall I tell you how I improved the shifter removal?
Again I made it simple. What took me 6 hours to get out will only take 1
minute the next time. Bolts, not pins that rust and can not be "tapped
into the shifter". Now I just unscrew 2 bolts rounded off to pegs inside
the shifter. Better!
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Too many LBCs
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