[Healeys] Healey wood

WILLIAM B LAWRENCE ynotink at msn.com
Tue Oct 20 21:04:29 MDT 2009


"... buy a Morgan and join the Morgan list." IF ONLY!! I do have a two car
garage...
Bill Lawrence

> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:50:16 -0700
> From: cnaarndt at gmail.com
> To: m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey wood
>
> Listers,
>
> Great, I agree, wood frame cars are constructed of ash.  So buy a Morgan
and
> join the Morgan list ;-)
>
> Healeys *are not* wooden frame cars and as such what wood in them can be
> Oak, Mahogany, plywood (and possibly whatever else was available at the
> time) as Alan Seigrist has already stated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Mirek Sharp <m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>
> > I agree with Kees.  All the wood-framed cars I have seen from the UK used
> > ash.  This would likely be the European ash, (Fraxinus excelsior), not
any
> > of the several North American ashes.  That said, when I replaced the wood
> > packing strips beneath the seat runners they turned out to be European
Beech
> > (Fagus sylvatica).
> >
> > Now lets see if the concours committee starts studying wood grains so
they
> > can get this right!
> >
> > These woods should be available at speciality wood suppliers in your
area,
> > should you wish to go the whole 9 yards with the replacement.
> >
> > Mirek
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