<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div>When I was working at Alcoa's Tech Center, I had this board from my BJ8 tested. The results are :</div><div>Chrysotile----30 VL%</div><div>Amosite------less than 0.10 VL%</div><div>Crocidolite---less than 0.10 VL%</div><div>Non-Asbestos fibers---less than 0.10 VL%</div><div>VL= Volume percent.<br></div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Graeme Molony <gmolony1@bigpond.com><br>To: gradea1@charter.net<br>Cc: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Sent: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:18:19 -0500 (EST)<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] asbestos and mesothelioma<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;"><div>Hank</div><div> </div><div>Looks a bit like the white ants got into the firewall panel The rocker <br>panel also looks as though it needs replacement</div><div> </div><div>Memories</div><div> </div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;">Graeme <br>M</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;">( BJ8 )</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial'; color: #000000;">Affectionely <br>known as the Fred Flinstone Car<br></div><div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;" data-mce-style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;"><div style="font: 10pt tahoma;" data-mce-style="font: 10pt tahoma;"><div> </div><div style="background: #f5f5f5;" data-mce-style="background: #f5f5f5;"><div style="font-color: black;" data-mce-style="font-color: black;"><b>From:</b><a title="gradea1@charter.net">gradea1@charter.net</a></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 15, 2021 6:07 AM</div><div><b>To:</b><a title="bspidell@comcast.net">'Bob Spidell'</a></div><div><b>Cc:</b><a title="healeys@autox.team.net">'healeys@autox.team.net'</a></div><div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] asbestos and mesothelioma</div></div></div><div> </div></div><div style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;" data-mce-style="font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;">You <br>can, for sure, bet that the guys who cut and applied all those asbestos panels <br>to our Healeys are long gone. I found the best substitute for those hairy items <br>is 5/16" HardiPlank soffit material-which also should be used carefully when <br>cutting; using a mask and gloves and eye protection as well-but it does not <br>flake off and looks original. <br><div> </div><div>I lost two brother-in-laws, who were both in the Navy, to that...working in <br>the boiler room. There is a super fund to pay off the surviving families, but <br>wives of the victims could get it just doing the laundry! Hank<br><div><br></div><div class="reply-new-signature"><br></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Bob Spidell" <br>To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Thursday January 14 <br>2021 10:02:18AM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] asbestos lookalike insulation <br>sheet<br><div><br></div>Steve McQueen (the actor) died of mesothelioma. Urban legend says <br>he contracted it from working in a brake shop--Healey content: I believe he <br>campaigned a Sprite for a while--but it's more likely he got it in the Navy. <br>True to character, he was a 'bad boy' and for punishment was assigned to clean <br>up parts of the ships that were insulated with asbestos. It wasn't an <br>intentional death sentence; it was before the dangers of asbestos were widely <br>known.<br><div><br></div>I caught a news item years ago about a city in Russia that got its <br>entire revenue from a nearby asbestos mine. The city is mostly abandoned now, <br>for good reason, but a few stragglers stuck aroun. One was an octogenarian who <br>had worked in the mine most of his life but never got sick from it. Do they have <br>lotteries in Russia? If so, he should buy a ticket.<br><div><br></div><br><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/14/2021 8:42 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated">m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>I believe it is a bit more than just “dust” as if you <br> were cutting it. Asbestos is fiberous and the fibres are composed of <br> microscopic components that will shed with any abrasion, even simple <br> handling. The microscopic fibrils become airborne and are easily <br> inhaled. They can also adhere to your skin and clothing and be <br> transferred later, after the job is finished. I am no expert, but <br> suspect a short, once-in-a-lifetime exposure are probably not a risk, but why <br> take even a small risk when exposure is easily prevented.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>What worries me is when I look back to when I was a <br> kid working in a gas station in the 60s and when the mechanics did a brake <br> job, the first thing they did after removing the brake drums was take an air <br> hose and blow the brake dust off the shoes and backing plate etc. Of <br> course brake material had asbestos fibres in it back then and these clouds of <br> black asbestos-filled dust would fill the shop for us all to enjoy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers, Mirek</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span> </p><div><div style="border-top: #e1e1e1 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;" data-mce-style="border-top: #e1e1e1 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="en-us">From:</span></b><span lang="en-us">Healeys <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a><b>On <br> Behalf Of</b> Jean Caron<br><b>Sent:</b> January 14, 2021 11:16 <br> AM<br><b>To:</b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>; 'Perry <br> Small' <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><healeyguy@aol.com></a><br><b>Cc:</b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <br> Re: [Healeys] asbestos lookalike insulation sheet</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I have always been told that it is the dust of asbestos <br> that is dangerous, not the board itself. I recall many years ago helping a <br> friend with these on his Austin-Healey and he was totally afraid of even <br> removing these panels, he was wearing a mask, and then a shield and gloves, <br> that’s even before they had these “hazmat” suits. Meanwhile he smoked a pack <br> to a pack and half of cigarettes daily which eventually and unfortunately took <br> his life.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Jean</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows <br> 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="border-top: #e1e1e1 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;" data-mce-style="border-top: #e1e1e1 1pt solid; border-right: medium none; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><a>simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> January 14, 2021 8:47 <br> AM<br><b>To:</b><a>'Perry Small'</a><br><b>Cc:</b><a>healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] asbestos <br> lookalike insulation sheet</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Thank you to everyone regarding <br> the sheet.<br>I gave it a gentle pry, per Perry's advice, and then one rather <br> less gentle.<br>It just popped off. Intact and without cracking or <br> breaking.<br>I wonder if it is asbestos. It looked to be in really good <br> condition, but it<br>was there when I bought the car back in '96.<br>Anyhow, I <br> was able to easily put the slide's 3 T-nuts in and reinstall the<br>sheet. All <br> suitably masked of course.<br>Simon<br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>From: <br> Perry Small <<a>healeyguy@aol.com</a>><br>Sent: 11 January 2021 <br> 19:11<br>To: <a>simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a><br>Cc: <br> <a>healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>Subject: asbestos lookalike insulation <br> sheet<br></p><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Simon<br>Notice the square blocks attached to the big sheet. They <br> have been known to<br>bond themselves to the bottom of the floor pan. Gentle <br> pry them <br>loose.<br>Perry<br></p><div><br></div></div></blockquote><br></div><hr><p><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <br>http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Suggested annual donation <br>$12.75<br></p><div><br></div><p>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys <br>http://autox.team.net/archive<br></p><div><br></div><p>Healeys@autox.team.net<br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br></p><div><br></div><p>Unsubscribe/Manage: <br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/gmolony1@bigpond.com<br></p><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>