[Healeys] Spark Plugs

[Bob Spidell]

Thanks, Rick. I'm familiar with the hazards of louvers; we painted our 
100M (we did OK, not great).

On 1/28/2021 2:25 PM, HealeyRick wrote:
> Bob,
>
> The best way to find out who punches louvers in your area is to go to 
> a local hot rod show (when we can have them again), find the guys with 
> louvered cars and ask who did them.  Usually it's a hot rod shop.  You 
> should know the louvers won't look like the ones that were done on the 
> 100M, the dies used to punch them were different than those used in 
> the US.  Another thing to consider is the amount of work prepping the 
> louvers for paint takes.  There's a lot of hand sanding required and 
> getting through the process without any slashes on your fingers while 
> trying to keep some of your fingerprints intact is a struggle.  Also, 
> you'll need a good painter as the paint sometimes runs around the ends 
> of the louvers.  But if you like the look, it's all worth it in the end.
>
> Happy and Healthy Healeying,
> Rick Neville
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:51 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net 
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     The BJ8 they bought/sold on Wheeler Dealers a while back had a
>     louvered
>     bonnet. I'm intrigued, anyone know who can do this?
>
>     I gap my mostly bone stock BJ8 with Pertronix at 0.028" ... no issues.
>
>     Bob
>

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