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There are several milestones in a car’s complete restoration, and the best ones are usually on the “downhill side” – the reassembly where things start to look like a car again and the light at the end of the tunnel … Continue reading →

For the benefit of any Healey owners reading this who do not get the monthly 40- or 48-page magazine Healey Marque (48 pages in this issue), here’s a look at the October issue cover and a list of features: And … Continue reading →

In the off chance that any Austin-Healey Club of Oregon members are reading my blog, it’s time to prepare for the bi-annual election of officers for the 2021-2022 term.  A nominating committee has been formed and anyone interested in standing … Continue reading →

The original jack for the RHD BN2 Le Mans has been found and reunited with the car!  Recall that this car was purchased from an estate and the recently deceased long-term owner had squirreled away various parts and pieces here, … Continue reading →

Well, the RHD BN2 chassis is now at the body/paint shop for rust repair and paint.  We finished stripping it in about four three-day stints, which I thought was pretty good.  Here’s the scene as we departed Kent’s place for … Continue reading →

Recall that the shroud supports in the engine compartment on a 100 are traps for anything dropped into them.  There’s no outlet, and over the decades these tend to accumulate a certain number of hardware items and other things that … Continue reading →

… it smells like victory.  And also restoration.  A restoration has its own special smell. Work continues to strip the RHD BN2 Le Mans for the body-paint shop.  We’re taking it down to every last nut, bolt, screw and clip, … Continue reading →

You probably remember the iconic scene from the movie, “Crocodile Dundee,” where the protagonist and his girlfriend are confronted by a thug with a switchblade, demanding his wallet.  Dundee’s response, “That’s not a knife,” as he unsheathes his own, much, … Continue reading →

Visiting Kent Lambert’s secret storage facility (not in Hood River!) last week, I was admiring the garage art and particularly noticed this rare, possibly only-one-remaining, showroom poster and was really impressed with the clean, bold design. That’s a tri-carb depicted … Continue reading →

You’ve all heard the joke about the solution to a tough job being “a bigger hammer.”  Well, in dismantling the RHD BN2 for the paint shop we ran into a situation where we needed a bigger wrench.  Er, spanner.  Now … Continue reading →