[Healeys] Flood damaged Healey

[Peter Svilans]

Horrible yet striking photo.

Years ago Rick Regan and I picked up a Healey that had been caught in the
flooding of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.  The brown floodwaters had
been up to the door handles.

It was astonishing how the silt and sand had gotten in absolutely EVERYWHERE.
Frame, engine, transmission, O/D, axle, bearings, even into the foam behind
the trim panels. Places you couldn't imagine sand and dirt could go.  And even
after weeks of laborious cleaning, somehow the waterline mark (bathtub ring ?)
never really completely disappeared.  It was almost etched into the vinyl.

Peter