<html><body>Here is a stock engine bay on '66 bought new...other than finned valve cover (with nuts chrome caps-removed for concours) and Stant radiator cap, its completely stock with original "fuel mesh" lines. Hank<br><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net><br>To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Sunday April 24 2022 6:24:51PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Concours BJ8<br><br>
I'm not a concours winner--my car is a grizzled road warrior--but
some things stand out:<br><br>
Intake and exhaust manifolds should be painted engine color
(exhaust manifold paint largely burns off)<br><br>
Not sure what this means: "... replace fuel mesh from carb to carb
and then front carb to engine ..." (what's a mesh?), but the only
fuel filters on a BJ8 are the little, thimble-shaped fine screens
on the carb inlets (not visible)<br><br>
I've never seen adel clamps on a Healey that weren't
owner-installed. I bought my car at 64K miles, and it just had the
ubiquitous metal P-clip on the front choke cable bracket (might
have a rubber liner, though)<br><br>
Bumble bee ignition secondaries were only used on competition cars.
#1 and #5 wires had O-rings to group the wires. Never
seen that type of plug cap--with 'Champion'--on a stock car<br><br>
Servo vacuum line looks to have an inline check valve; original
Girling servos had one on the servo body only (new ones not
available AFAIK)<br><br>
Hood latch should have about a 3-inch rubber tube on the return
spring (can't tell what's there from the photo)<br><br>
Not sure what the purple wire coming through the firewall near the
voltage regulator is; think I see a blue crimp terminal on/near
it<br><br>
AFAIK, no Healeys came from the factory with Texas Cooler fans<br><br><br>
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Thank you for the quick response, Michael. I have a number of
questions and will await the return of my toy (in about a week) to
go over them. I have the present Concours Guidelines and have
studied them extensively, along with Bill Piggotts book Factory
Original…, the (green) Shop Manuel and a restoration reference.
Do you recommend any other publications, sites, original
marketing lit that I should have and study? Would love to
have close ups of the BJ8 engine to compare. See, attached,
my present engine look (which I know I have to change: 1.
paint heater return pipe (completed since the picture), 2.
replace fuel mesh from carb to carb and then front carb to engine,
3. probably?? strip black paint off front choke wire bracket
(there appears to be a question as it was black for the BJ7, I
believe and 4. change out the ignition coil for original).
Anything else that strikes your imagination would be greatly
appreciated. THANK YOU!!<img src="/index.php/inbox/attachment/filenameOriginal/D5AB418A-1106-47D7-BDCD-EF42D223BE30.jpeg/filenamefs/INBOX54222ee7ca7888a1811a4e1d70aecb047ee63" alt="INBOX54222ee7ca7888a1811a4e1d70aecb047ee"><img src="/index.php/inbox/attachment/filenameOriginal/E38C782E-661D-4CEE-A0E2-D7BBCFDF8105.jpeg/filenamefs/INBOX5422243544f3f7e9441655a4956c5719ce561" alt="INBOX5422243544f3f7e9441655a4956c5719ce5"><img src="/index.php/inbox/attachment/filenameOriginal/6577CC73-FEA1-4031-9F2E-3562DCDE3EBA.jpeg/filenamefs/INBOX54222dbc2fed9ec47a703d3b4cff19406a07f" alt="INBOX54222dbc2fed9ec47a703d3b4cff19406a0"><br><div><br><blockquote>
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<div>Hello fellow enjoyers. I have a ’66 AH Mk III BJ8
Phase 2 and am on the long road to a Concours judging. I was
hoping one or more of you have won a Concours level and would be
kind enough to share some close up pictures of your engine.
Any help would be appreciated and thank you in advance.
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