[Healeys] Oil gauge pipe thread size.

[Freese, Ken]

Rick,
That is darn interesting because Doc. Snively (aka Snell Foundation) had
raced a 100-6 briefly and then put a V8 into it. It was painted the same
color as this MGB. I had a lead on the car briefly about 10 years ago. I
think it is in the Lake Tahoe northshore area. Snively's mechanic might
have had it and then passed it to the mechanic's son. The mechanic never
told me about a MGB and there were no pictures on the wall of it.
Ken Freese

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Subject: [Healeys] Oil gauge pipe thread size.

The "design brief" of my "Nasty Boy" has been to follow those early V8
conversions I used to see in Hot Rod in the '60s, the days when someone
could take their slightly used Healey to Max Balchowsky's shop with $500
for a quick infusion of go juice. The exterior and interior will remain
stock while the engine bay is going to look like some lucky hot rodder
stumbled upon a HiPo Mustang engine just after blowing his Healey six.
Kind of like this period
look: http://www.britishv8.org/MG/GeorgeSnively.htm  I'm going to keep
the original Healey gauges, adapted to the Ford smallblock.  I plan to
run a braided stainless hose from the Ford outlet to an AN adapter to
the steel pipe of the oil gauge connection.  I'm assuming it's a BPT?
Can anyone tell me the thread size,  BTW, its a BJ7.

Rick


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