[Healeys] HEAT SHIELDS

[Michael Salter]

Well said Josef and Jean!!

Michael S
BN1 #174



On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Jean Caron <
vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well said Josef, I drive an Austin-Healey with all its quircks and old
> technology because that is what I want to experience. If I want something
> more
> modern, I will buy an Acura NSX which right now sells for about the same
> price
> as a well restored Austin-Healey.
>
>
>
> Jean
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 21:12:49 +0200
> > To: Healeys at autox.team.net
> > From: josef-eckert at t-online.de
> > Subject: [Healeys] HEAT SHIELDS
> >
> > I own 3 Austin-Healeys, two big ones and a Sprite. All three have their
> original heat shields installed as I believe BMC knew what they had to do
> for
> best results. I really believe the Austin-Healey cars were good engineered
> and
> don`t need such modifications. Seems other owners feel their Austin-Healey
> cars are not done by skillful people. There might be better solutions
> available in modern cars now, but the BMC engineered solutions still work
> and
> my cars are running well. So I am still asking myself why should I change
> to
> solutions which perhaps bring the running system in my cars out of
> balance? I
> would solve a small problem on the one side to have more problems with
> others.
> > My long experiance is, stay with the factory specs and you have no
> problems.
> So why change this system to one you don`t know what come out? For those
> who
> don`t like their Austin-Healeys as they are, I would suggest to sell and
> buy a
> modern car without these shortcomings of classic cars. Classic cars have a
> soul like the skilful engineers who designed them. These were characters
> and
> they are gone. If you take the soul out of the cars they are only old
> metal.
> >
> > Josef Eckert
> > Konigswinter/Germany
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