[Healeys] driving Healeys in winter!

[Alan Seigrist]

Actually, alot of people don't realize that skinny ply tires (or Michelin
165s) work MUCH better in snow than modern fat low-profile tires.

Used to take my BJ8 up to Tahoe for skiing all the time - zip out the rear
window and you could slide the skiis into the passenger compartment no
problem.  Thankfully CALTRANS uses dirt, not salt, on the roads so all the
car needed was a good wash back at home.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Randy Dickson <
rdickson at midwestarchaeology.com> wrote:

> Fellow Healeyoids,
> Are we all becoming soft here in our old age?
> I certainly would not be opposed to driving my Healey in the winter if I
> didn't have to worry about the salt.  If the roads were dry why not?  The
> driving season is just too short here in NE Wisconsin.
>
> Back in college in eastern Iowa in the late 70s, I used to drive my Healey
> year around.  I had a rust-bucket 57 BN4 with a rat-gnawed top that would
> blow off at anything above 30mph.  The last 3/4 of the winter I drove the
> car (sans top) to the store to get beer, to class and to play ice hockey.
>
> My brother had a 63 BJ7 in college in the late 60s in central Iowa.  He
> would park it on the hill in front of our house because the starter motor
> was bad and he had no money or place to fix it.  He pop stated the car
> every
> morning to drive to class.  Some mornings he would have to shovel a narrow
> path down the street so that the car's rear wheels would catch and not
> slide
> on the snow so that the car would pop start.  He still says that when he
> used to get into the car the seat cushion was frozen and his head would be
> hitting the inside of the convertible top.  After a half hour, his ass
> would
> warm up the cushion it would sink down to an acceptable height.
>
> Randy
> Healey Archaeologist
> 63 BJ7
> 60 BT7
> 66 Cobra replica
> 06 Mini Cooper S
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of BJ8Healeys
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:33 AM
> To: 'healeys'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN 7 MkII heat shield/ Jet Hot the Headers?
>
> "...(because no one drives their Healey in the middle of winter and needs
> that extra heat)...."
>
> Hmmm..  Next weekend there will be three BJ8s traveling from the coast of
> North Carolina over to Winston-Salem (about 250 miles) for the annual Triad
> AHC annual party.  It's 32F in Winston-Salem right now (47 here in
> Havelock), but the temperatures over there are forecast to be around 19 -
> 29
> F for the party.  A little extra heat will probably be appreciated.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
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