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RE: BT7 Frame

To: "John Snyder" <helyjohn@cablespeed.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: BT7 Frame
From: "Brashear, Jack, N" <JNBrashear@garverengineers.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:30:39 -0500
 Hi John, just my 2-cents-worth.... The Jule is the best way to go.
Martin Jansen can provide the chassis alone if that's all you need.
He's done so twice here in the central Arkansas area for a local
restorer to do the rest of the structural swap-over.  Both jobs turned
out very well.  No financial interest for me...Martin's just a friend
whose product I believe in.  I have one myself on my BT7 Mk2.
Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of John Snyder
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:23 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: BT7 Frame

Hello List,

Most of you will probably just hit Delete when you read this, but here
goes.
A good friend of mine in western Washington who owns a body shop has
agreed to to do a ground up restoration on a BT7.  He specializes in
high performance Ford Mustangs... Shelby Cobras or what ever they are
called... people send him cars from the Mid-West to do ground up
restorations, but he will tackle anything...he has done two very nice
Healeys for me. This BT7 had fiberglass fenders (first clue).  I helped
him find replacement fenders.  He now has all the exterior panels off
the car, and when putting up on jack stands the car sagged, and he
discovered the frame is rotten.  Should have done that first, but he
started w/o me seeing the car.

He is looking for a good BT7 frame.  I told him "not a chance", but I
would
check the List.  Is there anyone out there w/ a good frame or a donor
car?   I
suggested just buying a replacement frame, (Jule) and we are checking on
that.

John Snyder




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