[Healeys] Concours BJ8

[Bob Spidell]

I like that the overflow tube will splash the radiator with coolant; a 
cooling boost!

On 4/25/2022 9:35 AM, gradea1 at charter.net wrote:
> Here is a stock engine bay on '66 bought new...other than finned valve 
> cover (with nuts chrome caps-removed for concours) and Stant radiator 
> cap, its completely stock with original "fuel mesh" lines. Hank
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> From: "Bob Spidell"
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Cc:
> Sent: Sunday April 24 2022 6:24:51PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Concours BJ8
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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:
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>     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!!INBOX54222ee7ca7888a1811a4e1d70aecb047eeINBOX5422243544f3f7e9441655a4956c5719ce5INBOX54222dbc2fed9ec47a703d3b4cff19406a0
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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 <http://www.wassermanstudio.com/>
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>     Alan Wasserman
>     alanwassermannc at gmail.com
>     732-887-0742
>     www.wassermanstudio.com <http://www.wassermanstudio.com>
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