[Healeys] A BIG HEALEY WEEK ON THE LIST

[Joe and Lenore Armour]

 First, ten out of ten to Chris Dimmock for starting the thread of the 
...................?  ( Fill in your own award,  week, the month or the 
year? )
I love it when those old lurkers come out of the shed. ( Shop).
Maybe Chris should now add, how many times have you slept in your Healey 
along the roadside for whatever reason.  What multi purposes was yours 
used for?  I took 3 blokes and two girls in long dresses to a dance in 
my first BN.4 with the hardtop on one night.
Another trip was with 80 year old grandmother on a 300 mile cross 
country trip.

Second I have had two BN.4s which I would say were Peter's Delux models, 
Australian delivered, fitted with wires, O/D and what the bloody hell is 
a heater?  I thought it was those two long pipes under the passenger's 
seat and all Healeys come with these standard!

Third, I thought with six cylinder cars diffs were either,  4.1: 1 for 
O/D cars, 3.9 : 1 with no O/D  and the after market 3.5 : 1 from other cars.

What cars?  When I look at the overall Australian scene back when a 
bunch of kids started the AH clubs we had os soon collected:  several 
100.S cars nobody wanted, a Donald 100 coupe set of panels, a couple of 
Silverstones, a rally UJB car, Pat's BN.3 and Duncan, Rob's 
unbelieveable 1968-70 SR.37/XR.37 that still has not had the LeMans dust 
and oil stains washed off.  My ex-works 1965 Sebring 12 Hour lightweight 
race 3000 and the 1966-68 ex-works Sprite entered at Sebring and LeMans. 
And what about Chris's BJ.8, ordered for a trip from UK to Australia via 
the KHyber Pass, carrying the pregnant passenger, fitted with Webers in 
Australia, club raced. Driven interstate to race with the kids strapped 
in and a long life of use with Chris. Never off the road apart from 
repairs and upgrades.
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Amongst this set of 'kids' we now have; Joe Jarrick- 100.S historian and 
expert, Steve Pike, worlds greatest number of 100.S restorer including 
the in progress 1955 LeMans NOJ and about to depart to Bonnerville for 
another run. Pat Quinn the Australiasian editor of Vintage RaceCar  
Journal and  the great manufacturers of metal parts, the Kilmartins.

Healeys have been good to me