[Healeys] One for Larry V.

Kees Oudesluijs coudesluijs at chello.nl
Sun Sep 6 01:53:35 MDT 2020


Apart from the technical mods which are impressive on their own, this 
originally unimpressive car is an absolute beauty due to the stunning 
colour combination.

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 6-9-2020 om 09:26 schreef Larry Varley via Healeys:
> Thanks Bob, yes I love the Nash Healey, in my case the 54 Coupe is my 
> favorite, perhaps why I have 2 :). But as we are a bit of topic, the 
> attached is my 1949 Austin A70 ute. While Healey folk will say the 
> Healey 100 was a derivative of the Austin Atlantic, realistically the 
> Atlantic is just a big bore Austin A70 with a different body. In the 
> case of my A70 it has a 2720cc Atlantic block with Australian "Head 
> Stud Development" alloy head made for the 100, higher compression, 290 
> degree duration cam ( Wade 149 ), high lift rockers and chrome moly 
> push rods coupled to a Toyota Supra gearbox. It has a 3.55 diff on 16 
> inch Austin wheels with high profile Continental tyres. Brakes are 
> power assisted BJ8 front discs, and rear standard Austin drums. It 
> happily cruises at 100 KPH ( 62 MPH ) at 2400 RPM with bags of torque.
>
> Perhaps I have ventured off topic a bit but did work in Healey where 
> possible :)
>
> Regards to all
>
> Larry Varley
>
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