[Healeys] asbestos and mesothelioma

[Tom Felts]

When I was working at Alcoa's Tech Center, I had this board from my BJ8 tested.  The results are :Chrysotile----30 VL%Amosite------less than 0.10 VL%Crocidolite---less than 0.10 VL%Non-Asbestos fibers---less than 0.10 VL%VL= Volume percent.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: Graeme Molony <gmolony1 at bigpond.com>
To: gradea1 at charter.net
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:18:19 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [Healeys] asbestos and mesothelioma

Hank Looks a bit like the white ants got into the firewall panel The rocker 
panel also looks as though it needs replacement Memories Graeme 
M( BJ8 )Affectionely 
known as the Fred Flinstone Car
 From:gradea1 at charter.netSent: Friday, January 15, 2021 6:07 AMTo:'Bob Spidell'Cc:'healeys at autox.team.net'Subject: Re: [Healeys] asbestos and mesothelioma You 
can, for sure, bet that the guys who cut and applied all those asbestos panels 
to our Healeys are long gone. I found the best substitute for those hairy items 
is 5/16" HardiPlank soffit material-which also should be used carefully when 
cutting; using a mask and gloves and eye protection as well-but it does not 
flake off and looks original. 
 I lost two brother-in-laws, who were both in the Navy, to that...working in 
the boiler room. There is a super fund to pay off the surviving families, but 
wives of the victims could get it just doing the laundry! Hank


-----------------------------------------From: "Bob Spidell" 
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Cc: 
Sent: Thursday January 14 
2021 10:02:18AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] asbestos lookalike insulation 
sheet

Steve McQueen (the actor) died of mesothelioma. Urban legend says 
he contracted it from working in a brake shop--Healey content: I believe he 
campaigned a Sprite for a while--but it's more likely he got it in the Navy. 
True to character, he was a 'bad boy' and for punishment was assigned to clean 
up parts of the ships that were insulated with asbestos. It wasn't an 
intentional death sentence; it was before the dangers of asbestos were widely 
known.

I caught a news item years ago about a city in Russia that got its 
entire revenue from a nearby asbestos mine. The city is mostly abandoned now, 
for good reason, but a few stragglers stuck aroun. One was an octogenarian who 
had worked in the mine most of his life but never got sick from it. Do they have 
lotteries in Russia? If so, he should buy a ticket.


On 1/14/2021 8:42 AM, m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca wrote:
I believe it is a bit more than just “dust” as if you 
 were cutting it.  Asbestos is fiberous and the fibres are composed of 
 microscopic components that will shed with any abrasion, even simple 
 handling.  The microscopic fibrils become airborne and are easily 
 inhaled.  They can also adhere to your skin and clothing and be 
 transferred later, after the job is finished.  I am no expert, but 
 suspect a short, once-in-a-lifetime exposure are probably not a risk, but why 
 take even a small risk when exposure is easily prevented. What worries me is when I look back to when I was a 
 kid working in a gas station in the 60s and when the mechanics did a brake 
 job, the first thing they did after removing the brake drums was take an air 
 hose and blow the brake dust off the shoes and backing plate etc.  Of 
 course brake material had asbestos fibres in it back then and these clouds of 
 black asbestos-filled dust would fill the shop for us all to enjoy. Cheers, Mirek From:Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>On 
 Behalf Of Jean Caron
Sent: January 14, 2021 11:16 
 AM
To:simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com; 'Perry 
 Small' <healeyguy at aol.com>
Cc:healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: 
 Re: [Healeys] asbestos lookalike insulation sheet I have always been told that it is the dust of asbestos 
 that is dangerous, not the board itself. I recall many years ago helping a 
 friend with these on his Austin-Healey and he was totally afraid of even 
 removing these panels, he was wearing a mask, and then a shield and gloves, 
 that’s even before they had these “hazmat” suits. Meanwhile he smoked a pack 
 to a pack and half of cigarettes daily which eventually and unfortunately took 
 his life. Jean Sent from Mail for Windows 
 10 From:simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
Sent: January 14, 2021 8:47 
 AM
To:'Perry Small'
Cc:healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] asbestos 
 lookalike insulation sheet Thank you to everyone regarding 
 the sheet.
I gave it a gentle pry, per Perry's advice, and then one rather 
 less gentle.
It just popped off. Intact and without cracking or 
 breaking.
I wonder if it is asbestos. It looked to be in really good 
 condition, but it
was there when I bought the car back in '96.
Anyhow, I 
 was able to easily put the slide's 3 T-nuts in and reinstall the
sheet. All 
 suitably masked of course.
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: 
 Perry Small <healeyguy at aol.com>
Sent: 11 January 2021 
 19:11
To: simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
Cc: 
 healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: asbestos lookalike insulation 
 sheet

Simon
Notice the square blocks attached to the big sheet. They 
 have been known to
bond themselves to the bottom of the floor pan. Gentle 
 pry them 
loose.
Perry



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