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Damn. But good to know.<br>
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Thanks Michael.<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/19/2025 6:17 AM, Michael Salter
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<div dir="auto">Having just received a shipment of parts yesterday
from AH Spares, of whom I have been a customer for over 50
years, I'm sorry to say that I would now be very reluctant to
purchase something as safety critical as a front brake kit from
them.
<div dir="auto">Unfortunately, based upon my experience with
several suppliers over the years, as companies get larger they
are inclined to emphasize volume over quality and AH Spares
seem to be tracing that path.</div>
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<div dir="auto">M<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., Feb. 18, 2025, 10:50
p.m. Bob Spidell via Healeys, <<a
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<div> Sooooooooooooo ... no one's installed the AHSpares front
disk kit?<br>
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<div>On 2/18/2025 5:02 PM, Tom Mitchell wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I love absolutely love driving my Healey,
I’ve driven from Michigan to North and south Carolina,
to Vermont to south Dacoda, to North Carolina, back and
forth to Kentucky and beyond.</div>
<div dir="auto"> I’ve done a few reversible upgrades. </div>
<div dir="auto">Alternator, additional fuses, halogen
headlights Toyota transmission, third brake light, even
(gasp) cruise control. I want my kids and grandkids to
be able to drive it. </div>
<div dir="auto">It’s needs a new or rebuilt frame, maybe
one day. In the meantime I’m driving the heck out of it.</div>
<div dir="auto">I’m in my early 70s, love working on it,
but the fatigue of driving it is costing me.</div>
<div dir="auto">I have Mieka seats (not installed) so
maybe (my wife doesn’t like them). </div>
<div dir="auto">Everything is (so far) easily reversible. <br
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at 6:42 PM Robert Markovich via Healeys <<a
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<div> I believe in keeping my Healey ESSENTIALLY
original. But here in America, I like driving it,
often to gatherings 100 or more miles away. New
radial tires add safety and handling while looking
mostly original—and old as they are, Healeys still
handle surprisingly well, especially on a smooth
road. And alternator will charge a battery far
better than the standard generator while a modern
fuel pump is likelier to keep working—two examples
of upgrades that maintain the original feel of the
car while reducing the chance of being stuck on
the roadside. So I maintain my belief in at least
a few sympathetic upgrades to allow my Healey to
spend more time on the road and less time at a
service station. <br>
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 1:14 PM,
josef-eckert--- via Healeys <<a
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<div dir="ltr">Bob,<br clear="none">
Your Austin-Healey is not a modern car and
never will be again and so handles like an 70
years old car. That´s what it should be and I
am really happy my 100 handles "vintage" what
makes it even more attractive to me. My point
is, this modifications are like a face lifting
to a human beeing. It doesn´t make things
better, even worse as it makes an stylish old
lady doubtful.<br clear="none">
When it comes to selling, leave the car
original and you would get a better price
compared to a modified bitser, at least here
in Europe. Here in Europe you rarely would
drive an Austin-Healey over long distances
anymore, even its fitted with the newest
gimmicks nobody really needs.<br clear="none">
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Josef Eckert<br clear="none">
Germany<br clear="none">
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Betreff: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods<br
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Datum: 2025-02-18T18:29:33+0100<br
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Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <<a
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An: "Healeys" <<a shape="rect"
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The current discussion re: "What should us old
f***s do with our Healeys <br clear="none">
when we're too decrepit to drive them and the
kids and grandkids <br clear="none">
(mostly) want nothing to do with them"--and
related to a couple ads I've <br clear="none">
gotten recently from AHSpares--got me to
thinking. I've largely kept the <br
clear="none">
100M my dad found in the local newspaper that
we restored together <br clear="none">
original, but now I'm thinking, pursuant to
that conversation, why not <br clear="none">
make some 'tweaks' to improve its
drive-ability, since it won't end up a <br
clear="none">
museum piece anyway? In particular: the brakes
suck. They're all <br clear="none">
new/refurbished, and stop well enough for
drums, but pull badly and no <br clear="none">
amount of adjustment makes any difference (my
dad's '65 Mustang, with <br clear="none">
all drums, was even worse, and I advised the
guy who bought it to <br clear="none">
install front disks since it was to be his
teenage daughter's car). <br clear="none">
'Spares also hit me with an ad for an upgraded
Panhard kit, which <br clear="none">
supposedly improves handling--though, besides
the brakes I have no <br clear="none">
issues with its handling--but, why not (since
I'll be shipping across <br clear="none">
The Pond anyway)?<br clear="none">
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Anyway, anyone got experience with either of
these mods, esp. the brake <br clear="none">
kit (the rotors look a little thin compared to
my BJ8's)? FWIW, I'll be <br clear="none">
72 this year but can still drive well enough
to wrangle a 480HP <br clear="none">
Mustang--my wife might disagree--and I'm
considering re-upping my pilot <br
clear="none">
medical (which, if I'm successful, should tell
me something about my <br clear="none">
fitness).<br clear="none">
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bs<br clear="none">
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