[Healeys] Simple camber adjustment fix?

[BJ8Healeys]

Yes, Bill Walton's BT7 is a very nice car (see attached).  It also has the exhaust in front of the rear wheel, so besides getting soaking wet from no side curtains (would they have made much difference?), I was pretty well deaf in my left ear by the time we got to Charlotte.   But it was a thrill to drive anyway, and I certainly appreciated his kindness in bailing us out of a tight situation!

My wife was warm and dry and not deaf in Bill's motor home in front of me.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

TARHEELY license plate

 

From: Michael Oritt [mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 4:17 PM
To: BJ8Healeys
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Simple camber adjustment fix?

 

Steve--

 

Thank you for the memory refresher and I do now remember at least some of the details, esp. feeling bad for your situation but relieved when a solution finally appeared.  That was good of Bill and as I recall he had a pretty nice car.

 

Best--Michael Oritt

 

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 2:11 PM BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

To refresh your memory, Michael, here's the rest of the story:

 

We both missed a rally clue and realized at the same moment that we had.  I made a quick turn to a short turn-off to go back and see what we missed, and that huge pothole was there before either of us could see it and stop.  After our teeth quit vibrating, we continued on the rally and soon came upon a couple of ladies parked in the middle of the road with the bonnet up.  After we stopped to see what we could do for them, we decided we might as well quit the rally at that point and returned to the hotel.  

It was only during the slow parade through Gatlinburg that night that I felt something knock against the steering column whenever I went over a manhole.  Next morning, I discovered the shock absorber was only attached at the inboard side and rocking back to hit the column with movement of the suspension.  Amazing that it didn't break off.  The shock attach bolts were lock wired to each other, so the shock pulled the whole top of the plate off on three sides.

 

Busted flat in Gatlinburg....how to get it fixed on a Sunday morning was the puzzle.  The great Healey minds got together in the parking garage and Bill Walton volunteered to trailer my car back to Charlotte for repair if I would drive his BT7.  It poured rain all the way, and Bill didn't have the side curtains installed....  

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

TARHEELY license plate

 

From: Michael Oritt [mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 10:21 AM
To: BJ8Healeys
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Simple camber adjustment fix?

 

Steve--

 

As I recall I was your navigator on that run.  Maybe I should have had my eyes on the road rather than the written materials....

 

Best--Michael Oritt 

 

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