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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>When I was a student, various of my friends had Healeys, TRs and similar. Also an E-Type which proved to be lethal. I wanted a Healey. At about the same time, my father made me an offer. Same offer I made to my kids… “If you want a car, get a job and earn some money. I’ll match whatever you earn and you’ll be able to get something half way decent.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I replied that I wanted an AH3000 to which he, quite sensibly, said, “OK. You’re on your own”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>We lived in Surrey so not many places where a student could make any serious money. “Temple Tubes” was the top choice. Manufacturer of sewage pipes to the gentry! Basically, they took old paper and minced it into a pulp with water and the magic ingredient. The pulp was then rolled out on to 8 ft rollers which were dried in a long oven and then soaked in boiling pitch. The magic ingredient was, as you’ve guessed, asbestos powder. Students were often given the bum jobs and one of my tasks was to unload the 100lb paper sacks of asbestos powder from trucks onto a kind of mezzanine above the mixer. The stuff came, I think, from Canada and was in a shocking condition. Bags all split and powder everywhere. Masks? Gloves? You jest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There was some consciousness that asbestos was “a bad thing” but we gathered that our stuff was “Blue”, which was OK, not “White” which was not OK. Or was it the other way round? Anyhow, wish me luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Oh, and I did get my 3000. £400:00 if I remember it right. It was a MkII BT7, sideshift. Colarado Red. Lousy gearbox, rotten interior. But I loved it. It didn’t appear to be a mutual love affair. It caught fire as I was driving onto the Holyhead to Dublin ferry. And a rear wire wheel collapsed big time whilst cornering too fast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>As to Steve McQueen, I recall various RN warships of the era, asbestos lagging everywhere. I recall Dad saying that the ships galleys ran on “super-heated steam” from the engine room. Which is why they had cold food when closed down on action stations. Rather them than me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> 14 January 2021 17:45<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] asbestos lookalike insulation sheet<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Steve McQueen (the actor) died of mesothelioma. Urban legend says he contracted it from working in a brake shop--Healey content: I believe he campaigned a Sprite for a while--but it's more likely he got it in the Navy. True to character, he was a 'bad boy' and for punishment was assigned to clean up parts of the ships that were insulated with asbestos. It wasn't an intentional death sentence; it was before the dangers of asbestos were widely known.<br><br>I caught a news item years ago about a city in Russia that got its entire revenue from a nearby asbestos mine. The city is mostly abandoned now, for good reason, but a few stragglers stuck aroun. One was an octogenarian who had worked in the mine most of his life but never got sick from it. Do they have lotteries in Russia? If so, he should buy a ticket.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1/14/2021 8:42 AM, <a href="mailto:m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca">m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I believe it is a bit more than just “dust” as if you were cutting it. Asbestos is fiberous and the fibres are composed of microscopic components that will shed with any abrasion, even simple handling. The microscopic fibrils become airborne and are easily inhaled. They can also adhere to your skin and clothing and be transferred later, after the job is finished. I am no expert, but suspect a short, once-in-a-lifetime exposure are probably not a risk, but why take even a small risk when exposure is easily prevented.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What worries me is when I look back to when I was a kid working in a gas station in the 60s and when the mechanics did a brake job, the first thing they did after removing the brake drums was take an air hose and blow the brake dust off the shoes and backing plate etc. Of course brake material had asbestos fibres in it back then and these clouds of black asbestos-filled dust would fill the shop for us all to enjoy.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers, Mirek</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jean Caron<br><b>Sent:</b> January 14, 2021 11:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>; 'Perry Small' <a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com"><healeyguy@aol.com></a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] asbestos lookalike insulation sheet</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have always been told that it is the dust of asbestos that is dangerous, not the board itself. I recall many years ago helping a friend with these on his Austin-Healey and he was totally afraid of even removing these panels, he was wearing a mask, and then a shield and gloves, that’s even before they had these “hazmat” suits. Meanwhile he smoked a pack to a pack and half of cigarettes daily which eventually and unfortunately took his life.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jean <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a><br><b>Sent: </b>January 14, 2021 8:47 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com">'Perry Small'</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] asbestos lookalike insulation sheet<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thank you to everyone regarding the sheet. <br>I gave it a gentle pry, per Perry's advice, and then one rather less gentle.<br>It just popped off. Intact and without cracking or breaking. <br>I wonder if it is asbestos. It looked to be in really good condition, but it<br>was there when I bought the car back in '96.<br>Anyhow, I was able to easily put the slide's 3 T-nuts in and reinstall the<br>sheet. All suitably masked of course.<br>Simon<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Perry Small <<a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com">healeyguy@aol.com</a>> <br>Sent: 11 January 2021 19:11<br>To: <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>Subject: asbestos lookalike insulation sheet<br><br>Simon<br>Notice the square blocks attached to the big sheet. They have been known to<br>bond themselves to the bottom of the floor pan. Gentle pry them loose. <br>Perry<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>