[Healeys] Another Healey Lives

[Jaap Aeckerlin]

Hey Rich, congratulations! You are wiser than me: I ran the engine for the
very first time with the garage doors closed. I still find objects covered
in a thin layer of soot...........
Greetings from a cold and snowy Holland
Jack Aeckerlin
1964 BJ8 29432

2009/1/9 Rich C <richchrysler at quickclic.net>

> Hello all,
>
> This afternoon at approx. 1:10 PM EST, a 1964 Phase 1 BJ8 fired up again
> for
> the first time in about 25 years. This car has been undergoing a complete
> restoration (in the truest sense of the word) that began in August of 2006.
> We
> are pleased to say that all went very well, and the freshly rebuilt engine
> was
> run up to about 2000 RPM for about 20 minutes, then brought down to a
> smooth
> strong idle and was shut off.
> There's nothing like the sense of accomplishment as the engine warmed up,
> the
> thermostat opened, the smell of engine paint began to cure and burn in, and
> the pungent odour of a crisp exhaust spewed out the open garage doors into
> the
> cold and snowy winter afternoon.
> Now to finish the interior, the top and tonneau cover installations, and
> the
> detailing and adjusting of everything on this "new" car.
> Plans are that this dark BRG Phase 1 will be driven to the Kingston,
> Ontario
> AHCA Conclave in June where it will be judged in Concours.
>
> Rich Chrysler
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