healeys
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Driving Lights

To: "Blue One Hundred" <international_investor@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Driving Lights
From: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:15:16 -0400
Alan, what is the "L-bracket" on the splash panel?  Mine has the cut outs
that fit over the overrider bolts and that is all.  As is, they wouldn't
support the lights very well.

tom




> [Original Message]
> From: Blue One Hundred <international_investor@yahoo.com>
> To: davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net>; tom felts
<tomfelts@earthlink.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 7/30/04 10:56:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Driving Lights
>
> David -
>
> To be honest, I think the flamethrowers, with as big
> as they are, look much better set down and back on the
> splash panel.  After I made the change, my best friend
> remarked that it looked more like a race car and less
> like "chitty chitty bang bang" with the lights mounted
> lower and further back than on the badge bar.
>
> My car has original lucas flamethrowers... and as far
> as the splash panel goes.... if there's one panel I
> don't mind drilling, it's that one.  easy to fix and
> even cheaper to replace with new one.  Plus putting
> the lights on the splash panel (with the L bracket
> underneath) will keep the splash panel firmly in place
> (it vibrates on most 6-cyl healeys because it's not
> properly fixed to the bumper).
>
> Either way, I wish you luck and hope you like it!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
> --- davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Alan Wrote:
> > "vibrating all
> > > over the place everytime you hit a small bump in
> > the
> > > road.  Trust me this is annoying. "
> > 
> > Tom wrote:
> > "Are your the real "lucas" flamethrowers or the
> > aftermarket "Moss" ones?  I
> > have the Moss ones and I can never get them adjusted
> > right."
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Tom, Alan,
> > 
> > I hadn't considered the problem of the vibrating
> > when mounting on a badge bar. Although I do have a
> > vague memory of having been in a car somewhere where
> > the lights did that, and Alan, you're right, It is
> > annoying. I DO like the way they look on the badge
> > bar better, and really have a "thing" about drilling
> > holes in body panels, but it would also be nice if
> > they were functional w/o the shaking.
> > Guess now, I'll have to decide if I want to "see
> > good when I'm driving" or "look good when I arrive".
> > I bought them mainly for looks, (which is probably
> > why I haven't got them wired up yet.) -I don't plan
> > to do a lot of high speed night driving....   :-)
> > Tom, I sprung for 1 NOS original and one very good
> > rechromed original Lucas Flamethrower. (There's  guy
> > in CT who must have an arrangement with Satan,
> > because he always has NOS goodies like lights, an
> > NOS Shelly Jack, etc etc.) -Right now I still owe
> > him my first born...
> > 
> > Anyway, Tom, Having looked mine over, and a few of
> > the reproductions, the reproductions look very good.
> > Very hard (for me) to tell them apart. The only
> > clear difference being the number of rivets through
> > the back of the light. If I remember correctly my
> > originals have five small rivets while the
> > reproductions have 3 larger ones. I don't Know if
> > the mounting / aiming hardware works any better, as
> > I haven't lit them yet, but I'll let you know.





<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>