[Healeys] Repair Magic

[I Erbs]

How is Ellery? It's been 20 odd years since I left LA and he is one of the
characters I miss.
He was amazing then, I can only imagine he is more so now, after many more
years of practice.
Cheers

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM, <ATIGHTPROD at aol.com> wrote:

> Many months ago I had my left rear tire delaminate  while driving on the
> freeway. Spun me around pretty well, folks backed off of me  and allowed
> me to
> get to the side of the road and no one got hurt, except my  left rear
> wing/fender. Bent it up, actually, rolled it up in to itself and left  no
> hard
> crease anywhere. From the side you could hardly notice it and it didn't
> affect driving so I drove my car.
>     Yesterday I took my car up to Ellery, owner of a  small body repair
> shop in Piru, California. Piru is a little town on the  126 Highway between
> Ventura on the coast and the city of Valencia  on Highway 5. I don't even
> know
> if there is a name for his business, but  this man is a magician. He worked
> that rear wing back in to shape in short  order with old time tools, years
> of knowledge and some amazing whacks of  different size hammers to
> strategic
> locations on the body.
>     I'll have to do some painting to finish the job,  but I can't believe
> how well he brought my car back in to shape. He was telling  me steel has a
> "memory" and wants to go back to where it was, well it did!  Ellery works
> on
> any car, as he says; "steel is steel", and his shop is always  full of a
> broad array of various vehicles. Folks in southern California are
>  extremely
> lucky to have a guy like this around. I found out about him through  a
> tour of
> his shop arranged by our southern California Healey club and I  thought I
> would spread the word about him through this forum. If any of you need
>  minor
> or major body work done and are looking for someone who is really good
> with metal, contact me and I will pass along his number. I have no
> financial
> interest, just a very satisfied and amazed client.
>     As for the "magic" part. All the lights on my  '53 car work except the
> left front "blinker" and I've been trying  to chase down why for years.
> Well
> after Ellery got done bending and  banging on the left rear of my car, the
> left front "blinker" is now working  again! Magic! Plus, I swear it's
> running better also, but that's another  story.
> Steven Kingsbury
> BN1 #598
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