Monthly Archives: July 2020

Last weekend included another visit to the local Healey mine.  It may not be the world’s largest cache of vintage (“very well used”) Healey parts, but I’d bet that it’s at least highly ranked. Here are just a few more … Continue reading →

And here’s the factory publication section of the library, or at least most of it. These are almost all for the big Healeys, but there are also a few Sprite Mark I items, and maybe one or two later Sprite … Continue reading →

Nothing in particular to say about it, but here is most (not all) of my “Healey library.”  This doesn’t include the factory publications (Driver’s/Owner’s Handbooks, Workshop/Service Manuals, Parts Lists, etc.). The black binders on the lower level of the bookcase … Continue reading →

In our continuing saga of the long-term-owner RHD BN2 we have yet another example of something unique.  This is a pair of do-it-yourself repair jobs on overdrive mounts: These are not rare or expensive items, but if you’re really, really … Continue reading →

Some of you may not be aware of the art prints created by David Townsend of Vermont.  David has a very good website with all the details, but I’d like to emphasize that he creates art of your individual Healey … Continue reading →

And as yet another example of the strange and often inexplicable things we’ve found with the RHD BN2, the previous owner with his apparently boundless energy and imagination also decided to make his own side curtains.  The original side curtains … Continue reading →

Today is unusual in being both Donald Healey’s birthday (1898) and also the “observed’ Independence Day holiday since Independence Day really falls on Saturday and it’s not really a holiday if government employees don’t get a day off. This won’t … Continue reading →

Sometimes people ask me why no Austin-Healey Club of Oregon members do this event that I chair.  Actually, one does (Atif Zaman), but that still begs the question.  Why not 10, 20, 30 or more members? The participants rave about … Continue reading →