[Healeys] car in Southampton NY

[Oudesluys]

Although not worth very much a well sorted Jensen Healey is a far 
superior car to drive to the big Healey. Not surprisingly as the design 
is 20 years younger.
It was quick for the day, it is quite comfortable and has very decent 
road holding. A JH will outrun a big Healey any time. The engine is a 
work of art but needs proper maintainance and it can be tweaked to well 
over 250BHP. You could replace it without to much trouble with the 
simple but boring Rover/Buick V8, which weighs about the same. If you 
start off with a rust free car the financial risks are acceptable.
As many cars were scrapped due to rust problems, there are plenty of 
engines, gearboxes, rear axles to be had. Derivates from these engines 
can also be found in a variety of Lotus cars and it was build in turbo 
guise until early 2000.
In Europe good Jensen Healey's have been on the up in the last year or so.
Most JH's were exported to the USA and the rust free examples are now 
being exported back to Europe.

Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Op 27-10-2016 om 8:26 schreef Michael MacLean:
> Why on earth would you be interested in a Jensen Healey? Never be 
> worth much and you will dump a lot of money into it. IMHO.
> Mike MacLean
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 10:57 PM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
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>
>
>     Howdy all,
>     I'm looking into a 73 Jensen Healey located in Southampton NY. Any
>     lister near enough to go check it out for me?
>     Owner said PO replaced floors, but there is some signs of rust in
>     the wheel wells. What else should I be concerned about? Said PO
>     rebuilt engine/trans and car has around 65K on it. Needs interior
>     bits (any ideas on sources) and might need repainting or at min
>     have paint cleaned up. asking $3300/ I can forward photos if
>     anyone whats to chime in with observations.
>     Thanks
>     Ira Erbs
>     Portland,OR
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