[Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring

[Stephen Hutchings]

Well, I’ve put my new leaf springs on and I find, just as I feared I would, that it's a little high at the back.
I’ve been advised to have patience and I should find they settle down somewhat. 
I will give it some time, but as I mentioned before I find a lot of BJ8s look as though they’ve been kicked up the backside, and now I’ve got one.
If it doesn’t settle down by itself, I think I’ll use the lowering block method rather than removing leaves. It’s a pretty simple principle and the springs stay at the same rating.

I went to watch my brother race in vintage events at Mosport Park and I realized, answering questions about my car, that I’ve owned it for fifty years now.
I bought it when I was 19 and it did not look like it does now, but my wife says she misses the days when it was just an old sports car and I didn’t care where I parked it!

Stephen, BJ8