[Healeys] Concours BJ8

[Alan Wasserman]

So much great info!   Thank you.  Forgot abt ,and on my list to change spark plug wires. Once I get car back from shop, will go over all your comments and follow up. Much appreciated,Perry. 

Alan Wasserman
Alanwassermannc at gmail.com
732-887-0742
www.wassermanstudio.com

> On Apr 24, 2022, at 9:57 PM, Perry Small <healeyguy at aol.com> wrote:
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> Allan 
> Check the black paint on the gas pedal linkage and the sticker on the brake fluid reservoir. 
> Perry
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Apr 24, 2022, at 9:08 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>  I'm not a concours winner--my car is a grizzled road warrior--but some things stand out:
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>> Intake and exhaust manifolds should be painted engine color (exhaust manifold paint largely burns off)
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>> Not sure what this means: "... replace fuel mesh from carb to carb and then front carb to engine ..." (what's a mesh?), but the only fuel filters on a BJ8 are the little, thimble-shaped fine screens on the carb inlets (not visible)
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>> I've never seen adel clamps on a Healey that weren't owner-installed. I bought my car at 64K miles, and it just had the ubiquitous metal P-clip on the front choke cable bracket (might have a rubber liner, though)
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>> Bumble bee ignition secondaries were only used on competition cars. #1&#2 and #5&#6 wires had O-rings to group the wires. Never seen that type of plug cap--with 'Champion'--on a stock car
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>> Servo vacuum line looks to have an inline check valve; original Girling servos had one on the servo body only (new ones not available AFAIK)
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>> Hood latch should have about a 3-inch rubber tube on the return spring (can't tell what's there from the photo)
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>> Not sure what the purple wire coming through the firewall near the voltage regulator is; think I see a blue crimp terminal on/near it
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>> AFAIK, no Healeys came from the factory with Texas Cooler fans
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>> Nice car.
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>> On 4/24/2022 4:46 PM, Alan Wasserman via Healeys wrote:
>>> Thank you for the quick response, Michael.  I have a number of questions and will await the return of my toy (in about a week) to go over them.  I have the present Concours Guidelines and have studied them extensively, along with Bill Piggotts book Factory Original…, the (green) Shop Manuel and a restoration reference.  Do you recommend any other publications, sites, original marketing lit that I should have and study?  Would love to have close ups of the BJ8 engine to compare.  See, attached, my present engine look (which I know I have to change: 1.  paint heater return pipe (completed since the picture), 2. replace fuel mesh from carb to carb and then front carb to engine, 3.  probably?? strip black paint off front choke wire bracket (there appears to be a question as it was black for the BJ7, I believe and 4. change out the ignition coil for original).  Anything else that strikes your imagination would be greatly appreciated.  THANK YOU!!
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>>>> On Apr 24, 2022, at 6:12 PM, Alan Wasserman <alanwassermannc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hello fellow enjoyers.  I have a ’66 AH Mk III BJ8 Phase 2 and am on the long road to a Concours judging.  I was hoping one or more of you have won a Concours level and would be kind enough to share some close up pictures of your engine.  Any help would be appreciated and thank you in advance.
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>>>> Alan Wasserman
>>>> alanwassermannc at gmail.com
>>>> 732-887-0742
>>>> www.wassermanstudio.com
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>>> Alan Wasserman
>>> alanwassermannc at gmail.com
>>> 732-887-0742
>>> www.wassermanstudio.com
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