[Healeys] Cuban Chrome

[Jim Ryan]

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 1:04 PM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hi, I’ve been to Cuba three times. Those old cars are great. They don’t
> all however stand a very close inspection. Seems like the owners usually
> (have to) take more pride in their cars’ longevity than its appearance.
> Originality is out of the question by and large. Yes, they can do amazing
> things on a shoestring but the humidity is a killer. I doubt if those
> so-called “Yank tanks” were designed to see out Batista let alone Che and
> the Castro brothers!! You see a lot of bodywork patched up with God knows
> what and then brush painted. I’ve hired a couple of them. You normally hire
> driver and car by the day……the one I liked most looked pretty good but the
> driver told me that it had the engine from a Chinese fishing boat! It was
> hugely underpowered but, what the hell, we had a good day out.
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *HealeyRick
> *Sent:* 14 January 2025 13:58
> *To:* i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Healeys at Autox <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Cuban Chrome
>
>
>
> You can see a Cuban bugeye in the film. *Juan de los Muertos*
> https://studioyoutube.com/video/79K1j_a3ufg/edit
> <https://studio.youtube.com/video/79K1j_a3ufg/edit>. IIRC, it has a Lada
> motor.
>
>
>
> Rick Neville aka "HealeyRick"
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Repeat of show. The Healey is a six cyl with a Chevy straight sox in it. I
> watched three episodes last night
>
>
>
> Ira Erbs
> Milwaukie, OR
> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2025, 4:55 PM Leonard Hartnett <thehartnetts at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> I was channel surfing this morning and came to Motor Trend channel.  There
> is a program called Cuban Chrome.  I happened to come across Season 1,
> Episode 4 and saw the back quarter of an Austin-Healey.  It was a 1959
> 100.    The program follows Cubans that are restoring or repairing mostly
> American cars so they can join the local car club and they can make money
> using the cars to transport tourists around.  I came back to it on episode
> 7 and they spent time with the AH doing body work. The owner has a friend
> who lives in the US and brought him some parts including a “3000” trunk
> flash.  For the 100?  It will be interesting to see how this project turns
> out.  For more info, if interested, go to Discovery.com/cubanchrome.
>
>               The Other Len
> 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII BJ8
>                 HBJ8L39031
>
>              225,646  miles
>
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