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Re: [Healeys] Surgery to front braces

To: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Surgery to front braces
From: Skip Saunders <tfsbj7@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:05:34 -0500
Cc: Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
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Don't do solution number 2 if you want to be able to turn a corner.  (Check
clearances with steering tie rods ... Not much wiggle room IMHO).


On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 10:00 <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:

> Thank you for all the replies.
>
> Advice is:-
>
> Don=E2=80=99t hack the braces around.
>
>    1. Mount fan on braces themselves. Lose a little efficiency but at
>    least get fan into the car.
>    2. Or, feasibly, cut the braces=E2=80=99 welds at the bottom, shove th=
em about
>    3=E2=80=9D back towards grille, trim them to length and reweld them. T=
hat would,
>    almost certainly, yield the necessary space.
>
>
>
> Probably going for option 1). Note the =E2=80=9Calmost=E2=80=9D in 2) abo=
ve. Also, doubt
> that the braces would bend easily as in =E2=80=9Cshove) above. And I don=
=E2=80=99t weld.
> Garage is immediately adjacent to kitchen, below a bedroom and bathroom a=
nd
> the whole house is thatched. I can just imagine the conversation with the
> insurance man as we stand in the ashes.
>
>
>
> Simon
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">Don&#39;t do solution number 2 if you want to be able to =
turn a corner.=C2=A0 (Check clearances with steering tie rods ... Not much =
wiggle room IMHO).<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 10:00  =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com";>simon.lachlan@alex=
arevel.plus.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div=
 lang=3D"EN-GB" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"><div class=3D"m_-6776666=
678940235653WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thank you for all the repl=
ies. <u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Advice is:-<u></u><u></u></p>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Don=E2=80=99t hack the braces around.<u></u><u></u><=
/p><ol style=3D"margin-top:0cm" start=3D"1" type=3D"1"><li class=3D"m_-6776=
666678940235653MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0cm">Mount fan on bra=
ces themselves. Lose a little efficiency but at least get fan into the car.=
<u></u><u></u></li><li class=3D"m_-6776666678940235653MsoListParagraph" sty=
le=3D"margin-left:0cm">Or, feasibly, cut the braces=E2=80=99 welds at the b=
ottom, shove them about 3=E2=80=9D back towards grille, trim them to length=
 and reweld them. That would, almost certainly, yield the necessary space.<=
u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal">Probably going for option 1). Note the =E2=80=9Calmost=E2=
=80=9D in 2) above. Also, doubt that the braces would bend easily as in =E2=
=80=9Cshove) above. And I don=E2=80=99t weld. Garage is immediately adjacen=
t to kitchen, below a bedroom and bathroom and the whole house is thatched.=
 I can just imagine the conversation with the insurance man as we stand in =
the ashes.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Simon<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u=
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