[Healeys] My BN2 has finally arrived!...

[Bob Spidell]

Hi Tadek,

All in all, a pretty nice BN2.  It looks like it's undergone at least a 
partial restoration
at some point.  I noticed:

- the problem with undercoating is you don't know the condition of the 
metal underneath.
  The undercoating may have preserved the metal, or trapped water and 
salt and made
  things worse.  Hard to tell, but yours looks OK.

- of course, the engine color is not original since the engine has 
certainly been rebuilt
  at least once

- it looks like the main front crossmember--under the radiator--has been 
replaced or
  buttressed with some additional metal

- the rear doglegs--in front of the rear wheels--have a little 
"spur"--this is common where
  they have been replaced (the bottom line should curve slightly and 
gracefully up at the rear)

If it runs good, you might want to just tend to the mechanical issues 
(gearbox, shocks, etc.)
and drive the heck out of it ;)  


bs

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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell at comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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