[Healeys] The Healey List of Many Years Ago

[Roland Wilhelmy]

Josef and Gary-

Have a little patience.  This is the time of year when seasons change
and cold climate Healey owners start thinking about maintenance and
improvement of their cars.  Warmer months are for driving and it is
hard to make the change to 'serious' Healey stuff.

Some of us may be old but we ain't dead yet.

-Roland
in San Diego where the tempr is 70F and perfect driving weather.

On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:43:56 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

:: I guess I shouldn't be surprised any more when one of the surviving old
farts
::from the old days complains that things aren't the same as they used to be,
::and they were better once upon a time. Whether things are better, worse, or
::just different, why do people think that things should always be the way
they
::once were. We who have been around this hobby a long time have to remember
how
::many miles have passed under the wheels since we were young and were happy
to
::be the third owner of a clapped-out Austin-Healey that we were trying to
keep
::running. Then the hobby started to develop, distributors discovered they
could
::make a business, serious professional shows started to emerge, and we got
::older. Now 100Ms "with a few upgrades" sell for $200K, there are very few
::unrestored Healeys being dragged out of barns, and a lot of people we once
::drove with are either dead or can't remember how to start their cars, if
they
::could even last for a hundred miles on a car tour.
::So why shouldn't we expect that there's going to be less discussion of
arcane
::restoration or maintenance topics and more discussion of the changes taking
::place in the world. At least we're not discussing prostate cancer or hip
::replacements on this list.
::
::All the best,
::Gary

::On Sunday, September 29, 2013, josef-eckert at t-online.de wrote:
::
::> Is this still the Healey list I have joint many years ago?

::>         Sorry I miss the old list.
::>         Josef Eckert