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[Healeys] BT7 Restoration Restart after 20 Yrs

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Subject: [Healeys] BT7 Restoration Restart after 20 Yrs
From: joe mulqueen via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 07:08:47 +0000 (UTC)
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Hello All, I'm a 20 year lurker, with thousands of unread digest emails bec=
ause of marriage, kids, and other life issues (ha ha....I think it was wort=
h it!)=C2=A0 Things got so bad I almost forgot that I had a BT7 left in sto=
rage in Southern CA, while I had been living in Northern CA=C2=A0 =C2=A0The=
 car was a wreck when I got it, and it needed alot of structural and body r=
epair.=C2=A0 I worked on it up to a refreshed rolling chassis status before=
 putting it away.=C2=A0 But now today it's at a paint shop in Los Angeles, =
with a guy that has done 9 other Healeys before mine.=C2=A0 I'm jazzed I go=
t a time slot with him.
There are some issues though.=C2=A0 I live 350 miles away up in Santa Clara=
 (Northern CA) so can only get down there every few wks...but I do have a H=
ealey friend who knows the guy and is checking in and taking pics.=C2=A0 Al=
so decided I will install the engine after the paint job...and after I brin=
g the car up North...I wrangled over these logistics along time.=C2=A0When =
the rough repairs were done 25 yrs ago, all body parts were stripped, fixed=
, and check fitted.=C2=A0 The current body/paint guy is tyding up the shrou=
ds and will paint all under surfaces, then hang for outer finish and paint.=
=C2=A0 When done, I will own the final fit and even the final fit of the sh=
rouds.=C2=A0 I'm planning to install the engine and ducting with the painte=
d shroud lifted off the car.=C2=A0 That's my assumption...Is that possible =
if careful?
Also, any referals for a engine machine shop preferably in Northern CA?=C2=
=A0 I have the engine in my garage all stripped down..Regards,Joe MSanta Cl=
ara60 BT7

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=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><div><div>Hello All, I'm a 20 year lurker, w=
ith thousands of unread digest emails because of marriage, kids, and other =
life issues (ha ha....I think it was worth it!)&nbsp; Things got so bad I a=
lmost forgot that I had a BT7 left in storage in Southern CA, while I had b=
een living in Northern CA&nbsp; &nbsp;The car was a wreck when I got it, an=
d it needed alot of structural and body repair.&nbsp; I worked on it up to =
a refreshed rolling chassis status before putting it away.&nbsp; But now to=
day it's at a paint shop in Los Angeles, with a guy that has done 9 other H=
ealeys before mine.&nbsp; I'm jazzed I got a time slot with him.</div><div>=
<br></div><div>There are some issues though.&nbsp; I live 350 miles away up=
 in Santa Clara (Northern CA) so can only get down there every few wks...bu=
t I do have a Healey friend who knows the guy and is checking in and taking=
 pics.&nbsp; Also decided I will install the engine after the paint job...a=
nd after I bring the car up North...I wrangled over these logistics along t=
ime.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>When the rough repairs were done 25 yrs ago=
, all body parts were stripped, fixed, and check fitted.&nbsp; The current =
body/paint guy is tyding up the shrouds and will paint all under surfaces, =
then hang for outer finish and paint.&nbsp; When done, I will own the final=
 fit and even the final fit of the shrouds.&nbsp; I'm planning to install t=
he engine and ducting with the painted shroud lifted off the car.&nbsp; Tha=
t's my assumption...Is that possible if careful?</div><div><br></div><div>A=
lso, any referals for a engine machine shop preferably in Northern CA?&nbsp=
; I have the engine in my garage all stripped down..</div><div>Regards,</di=
v><div>Joe M</div><div>Santa Clara</div><div>60 BT7</div></div><br></div></=
div></body></html>
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