[Healeys] Ruddspeed

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Wed Dec 2 00:43:39 MST 2020


Hi Mark -

I was looking at this old post, did Bill have a magneto on his healey?

Cheers,

Alan

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:10 AM Mark Donaldson <ardmorebusiness at xtra.co.nz>
wrote:

> Bob, Perry and Simon,
>
> Back in the early eighties when Bill Bolton owned number 171 I took photos
> of it at his Oregon home.
>
> It definitely ran HD6s back then, as the photo below clearly shows.
>
> I've seen it in recent years under different ownership. I was saddened at
> what has been done to it.
>
> Some of its history had been stripped away.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
> Ardmore, NZ
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Auto Farm [mailto:autofarm at wightman.ca]
> *Sent:* Sunday, 29 July 2018 11:02 p.m.
> *To:* 'Perry'; simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Ruddspeed
>
>
>
> Perry, the L/H clearer picture certainly shows HD8’s, but the other
> picture looks more like HD6’s.  The neck on the bell looks longer and the
> screw fasteners have different spacing. The fuel supply is different also,
> not that it would matter.
>
> Cheers….Bob
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *
> Perry
> *Sent:* July-28-18 8:07 PM
> *To:* simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com; healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Ruddspeed
>
>
>
> Simon
>
> Not sure about the original specs on the Rudd Speed manifolds as I can not
> find an original advertisement or catalog.
>
> But notice the car below is using HD8 carbs.  Maybe the HD6 manifolds were
> hogged out to fit the HD8’s.
>
> This post will probably not make it to the Healey list as I am having
> trouble posting there.
>
> Perry
>
> [image: scan0579]
> <https://stevemckelvie.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/scan05792.jpg>notice
> the car below is using HD8 carbs.
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
>
>
> *From: *simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
> *Sent: *Saturday, July 28, 2018 8:00 AM
> *To: *Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject: *[Healeys] Ruddspeed
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Did Rudd do a 2”set of intake manifolds or were there only ever 1.75”??
> May be a set near me…
>
> Simon
>
>
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