Monthly Archives: May 2020

Even the pedals were unique on the RHD BN2 project.  The previous owner (PO) – of 57 years – modified the brake and accelerator pedals for … well, I guess for maximum performance. There was a larger metal plate screwed … Continue reading →

When you run out of projects to address real challenges to reliability and/or convenience, and you still feel inspired to make more improvements, I guess you just have to get creative and begin solving problems that don’t even exist.  Personally … Continue reading →

Continuing with the series of vignettes of the very original RHD BN2 that is currently being brought back to reliable driving condition, the recent removal of the radiator revealed a new one – one I’d never seen before.  The long-term … Continue reading →

No, I’m not referring to the Irish anti-war ballad of the 1700s. And no, I’m not referring to John Bull, a real person who died on March 12, 1628 and is credited with the composition of an early form of … Continue reading →

There is perhaps no folkway, no widely accepted idea in the old car hobby that makes as little sense as attaching extreme importance to “matching numbers.” That is, the car still has its born-with engine block – the number “match” … Continue reading →

Today we got word from the Austin-Healey Owners Association of British Columbia – hosts of this year’s “Northwest Meet” – that they would be unable to present the event due to provincial government orders.  This is, of course, not surprising, … Continue reading →

Here’s a pic of one of the most seldom (is that proper English? “most seldom”?) seen parts of a Healey, the gearbox dipstick. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but accessing it requires peeling back the carpet on the gearbox tunnel cover and … Continue reading →

I’m struggling mightily to avoid commentary about this news, but perhaps it speaks for itself, although little does in the current epoch.   You can elicit the strongest knee-jerk disagreement about even the most obvious things in these times.  In any … Continue reading →

This could be one of a kind.  It appears to be a “blanking plate” covering the hole where a radio was previously mounted. How would that happen?  Let’s assume that this Right Hand Drive BN2, built 1 November 1955, was … Continue reading →

I have a history with pointy fuses, but we’re going to skip that and go right to noting that way back when, Lucas fuses had pointed ends such as those shown here. These were in the RHD BN2 that Kent … Continue reading →