[Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring

[i erbs]

I can relate. I too bought my car over 50 years ago. I rebuilt the
mechanicals, but could not afford to do the cosmetics and interior untill
15 years ago.
The springs will settle over time.

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6
67 MGB gone

On Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 4:14 PM Stephen Hutchings via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 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
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