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I agree entirely with Kees. Further, I did install the AH Spares front disc kit on my former BN1, which used the big brake calipers from a late BJ8. The results were more than worth the cost and effort. Nice being able to stop—and the rear drums on Healeys, including the thinner ones on the early 100s, work fine as they do far less work than the front brakes. But this was roughly six years ago, so don’t know whether the current kit is as good. <br><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature"><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</a><br></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 8:01 AM, Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv2264499696"><div>
<p>Mods to make it more enjoyable, more reliable or, more
importantly, safer to drive are a must if you want to drive in
modern traffic. Improved braking and cooling are the most obvious
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<div class="yiv2264499696moz-cite-prefix">Op 19-2-2025 om 04:32 schreef Bob
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Sooooooooooooo ... no one's installed the AHSpares front disk kit?<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv2264499696moz-cite-prefix">On 2/18/2025 5:02 PM, Tom Mitchell
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</blockquote></div><div><div>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> I’ve done a few reversible upgrades. </div>
<div>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>It’s needs a new or rebuilt frame, maybe one
day. In the meantime I’m driving the heck out of it.</div>
<div>I’m in my early 70s, love working on it, but the
fatigue of driving it is costing me.</div>
<div>I have Mieka seats (not installed) so maybe (my
wife doesn’t like them). </div>
<div>Everything is (so far) easily reversible. <br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr" class="yiv2264499696gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at
6:42 PM Robert Markovich via Healeys <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="yiv2264499696moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">healeys@autox.team.net</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 clear="none">
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 1:14 PM, josef-eckert---
via Healeys <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="yiv2264499696moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">healeys@autox.team.net</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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Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="yiv2264499696moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none">
An: "Healeys" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="yiv2264499696moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none">
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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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