[Healeys] First drive... and more.

[Oudesluys]

  Bert,
Did you tighten the suspension bolts/mounts when the car was settled 
down or when it was  on supports under the chassis?
Kees Oudesluijs
NL

sOp 2-3-2012 5:34, Bert Van Brande schreef:
> I drove my car around in the neighborhood, without doors but that's a detail.
>   What fun!  Private roads here anyway but very steep as I live on a hill.
> The suspension seems to settle just a bit, the car is sitting a bit high still
> but then again I've only driven 3/4 of a mile.  Patience, young Skywalker!
>
> I installed Kirk Racing headers (Derrington style), a Denis Welch 100m muffler
> and a matching DW side exhaust.  I like that throaty sound but I can still
> hook up a straight pipe if I get tired it.  The headers needed quite a bit of
> fitment and I modified them to take the mechanical throttle linkage and heat
> shield.  It looks practically like stock.  The exhaust system has been ceramic
> coated, which I hope will help with heat management.
> While the manifold is off the car I will also need to have it repaired.  The
> threads on one of the stud holes on the flange are stripped.  Anybody success
> with BSF Helicoils?  Other ways to do this repair?  I like to keep the
> original manifold with the car although it  has quite a bit of rust pitting.
>
> Tomorrow the car goes on a trailer to the painter, an old school painter with
> lots of Healey experience.  He will hang the doors, do final fitment of panels
> and a few small tasks.  Another coat of primer and then block sanding before
> paint.  Then the car will sit for 4 weeks before wet sanding and buffing.
>
> On a completely different note:  On saturday I am driving from Los Angeles to
> Dallas, Texas for a new job.  While the car is at the painter's I can
> concentrate on the new job, but I'll take my H6 carbs and a rebuild kit and
> some tools with me!   Keeps me busy and out of trouble!  I'll be commuting
> back and forth monthly, then working from LA for 1-2 weeks before heading
> back.  Not sure yet about relocating the family... and the Healey.  I have a
> couple months to figure it out.
> Bert
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