And when I was at university, TCD, in Dublin, I didn't know anything [about
anything?) either and one of my rear wires collapsed going round a corner in
Ballsbridge rather too enthusiastically. There was less traffic in Dublin
those days and that was possible in daylight hours. For the Irish amongst
us, there was a guy in a back street off the far end of O'Connell Street who
specialized in doing things to wire wheels. In the same street was a battery
place where they could put new posts on batteries. They melted the lead(?)
in moulds and, more or less, hey presto. Those guys, and the street too,
would be long gone I'd guess.
Simon
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Douglas W Flagg
Sent: 04 February 2009 02:21
To: ynotink@msn.com
Cc: prafe@aol.com; healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Minilites for 100
When I was in college and had my first Healey I never worried about
tuning wire wheels as I didn't even know you had to!! But in all the
years of driving Healeys, I never had any of my wheels tuned. I know, it
was probably a bad idea, but certainly not enough to put Minilites on my
100. It would be sort of like putting Margaret Trumman's face on Marilyn
Monroe's body. It is still a woman, but not the same!!
Doug
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