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Re: [Healeys] 100 BN2 almost done....

To: Tadeusz Malkiewicz <tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 BN2 almost done....
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:49:26 -0700
Outstanding!

bs

Tadeusz Malkiewicz wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to thank all who helped me in getting my car from the state it
> was in:
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/AH100Detailed
>
> to the state it's in today:
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/AssemblyPhase2# 
>
>
> Great thanks go to Rich C. whom I have practically killed with questions..
> Also, great thanks go to Rich Korn for providing photos of his very original
> BN2.. And all others! The list is truly so wonderfully spirited!!
>
>
> The next stage will be the engine (almost done, just waiting for the last
> coat of paint with the gearbox):
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/HealeyEngine#
>
> The paint process looked like this:
> http://picasaweb.google.pl/Volvo1800S/Paint#
>
>
> Now the small print: I am aware that:
> - brake pipes are copper (cannot find anything else in Poland)
> - I used Koolmat (as a kind of a substitute for tar paper :-) ) as I wanted
> to insulate against heat
> - flasher is not original (looking for one)
> - speedometer face & back color is not correct (winter project)
> - the VIN tag looks terrible (looking for someone to re print it)
> - fuel & oil flex pipes have wrong red thread (could not find proper one
> here)
> - no twin batteries - (will be there maybe next year)
> - gas pedal shaft not insulated yet
> - handbrake not insulated yet
> - instrument panel not silver - I could not find a trace of silver before
> paint job, so I felt I had a good excuse to leave it in white which although
> probably not correct, looks better to me :-)
> - master switch is of newer type, I still have not rebuild my previous one
> - few items are still missing
>
>
> Tadek
>
>   


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