Brings back old memories Rick, my Mom used to have a place on Plumb Is. just
accross from Salisbury Beach which also happens to be where Dodgem bumper cars
were invented(yeeha!).
Best
JK
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On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 8:22 PM EDT HealeyRick wrote:
> For most folks, that means sunning on the sand and a swim in the ocean.
>Can't say I'm a big fan of that, but I do love living near the ocean
>and have
>my whole life. Something about beach towns is like a summer
>long party. Ask
>Jimmy Buffet, he made a fortune out of telling their
>tales. And for car
>guys, the beach cruise is part of the allure.
>Nothing like that 5 mph crawl
>along the beach so that everyone can check
> out your car while you check out
>the beach girls, surfers ... and the
>temperature gauge. So today, I took the
>Healey for a beach tour. First
> stop was Salisbury Beach, MA where, I'm told,
>the Healey was quite a
>successful autocrosser in the hands of its first owner
>back in the '60s
> (and before that it was an SCCA production racer with
>triple HD8 carbs.
> Guess it's always been kind of a bad boy). Next up was
>Seabrook (N0
>Nukes! No Nukes!) and then on to Hampton Beach, NH a real
>honky-tonk
>kind of place. The beach was packed and I had the requisite ego
>boosting thumbs-up, "nice car" and "sounds great" kind of stuff during
>the
>bumper to bumper traffic (well, actually the Healey did, I didn't
>get any of
>those) The Healey has a nice lumpy cam that really sounds
>good coming off
>idle so it gets the attention of the hot rodders and
>Harley guys.
>Best
>comment of the day was from a guy about my age standing amongst the
> partyers
>on the porch of one of the beachfront cottages. "That ain't
>no stock Healey
>motor!" Made my day.
>
>Finished up with a drive by Brit Bits in Rye NH
>http://www.britbits.com/ (lots of nice cars for sale, but I'm pretty happy
>with my Healey
>stable) through Wentworth-by-the-Sea and then into Portsmouth.
>Took Rte 95 home at a goodly 70 mph. About a 100 mile round trip without
>incident (including a temp gauge that behaved itself) and added a few
>more
>miles on the clock so that I gained a little more confidence in the swap and
>how everything meshes together.
>
>Funny how a trip like this is a doddle
>in a new car. In the Healey, it's an adventure!
>
>Rick
>
>
>"Madman in a death
>machine"
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