[Healeys] Healey 100 Mods

[Tom Mitchell]

I love absolutely love driving my Healey, I’ve driven from Michigan to
North and south Carolina, to Vermont to south Dacoda,  to North Carolina,
back and forth to Kentucky and beyond.
 I’ve done a few reversible upgrades.
Alternator, additional fuses, halogen headlights Toyota transmission, third
brake light, even (gasp) cruise control. I want my kids and grandkids to be
able to drive it.
It’s needs a new or rebuilt frame, maybe one day. In the meantime I’m
driving the heck out of it.
I’m in my early 70s, love working on it, but the fatigue of driving it is
costing me.
I have Mieka seats (not installed) so maybe (my wife doesn’t like them).
Everything is (so far) easily reversible.

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM Robert Markovich via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I believe in keeping my Healey ESSENTIALLY original. But here in America,
> I like driving it, often to gatherings 100 or more miles away. New radial
> tires add safety and handling while looking mostly original—and old as they
> are, Healeys still handle surprisingly well, especially on a smooth road.
> And alternator will charge a battery far better than the standard generator
> while a modern fuel pump is likelier to keep working—two examples of
> upgrades that maintain the original feel of the car while reducing the
> chance of being stuck on the roadside. So I maintain my belief in at least
> a few sympathetic upgrades to allow my Healey to spend more time on the
> road and less time at a service station.
>
>
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> On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 1:14 PM, josef-eckert--- via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Bob,
> Your Austin-Healey is not a modern car and never will be again and so
> handles like an 70 years old car. That´s what it should be and I am really
> happy my 100 handles "vintage" what makes it even more attractive to me. My
> point is, this modifications are like a face lifting to a human beeing. It
> doesn´t make things better, even worse as it makes an stylish old lady
> doubtful.
> When it comes to selling, leave the car original and you would get a
> better price compared to a modified bitser, at least here in Europe. Here
> in Europe you rarely would drive an Austin-Healey over long distances
> anymore, even its fitted with the newest gimmicks nobody really needs.
>
> Josef Eckert
> Germany
>
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Betreff: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods
> Datum: 2025-02-18T18:29:33+0100
> Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> An: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
>
> The current discussion re: "What should us old f***s do with our Healeys
> when we're too decrepit to drive them and the kids and grandkids
> (mostly) want nothing to do with them"--and related to a couple ads I've
> gotten recently from AHSpares--got me to thinking. I've largely kept the
> 100M my dad found in the local newspaper that we restored together
> original, but now I'm thinking, pursuant to that conversation, why not
> make some 'tweaks' to improve its drive-ability, since it won't end up a
> museum piece anyway? In particular: the brakes suck. They're all
> new/refurbished, and stop well enough for drums, but pull badly and no
> amount of adjustment makes any difference (my dad's '65 Mustang, with
> all drums, was even worse, and I advised the guy who bought it to
> install front disks since it was to be his teenage daughter's car).
> 'Spares also hit me with an ad for an upgraded Panhard kit, which
> supposedly improves handling--though, besides the brakes I have no
> issues with its handling--but, why not (since I'll be shipping across
> The Pond anyway)?
>
> Anyway, anyone got experience with either of these mods, esp. the brake
> kit (the rotors look a little thin compared to my BJ8's)? FWIW, I'll be
> 72 this year but can still drive well enough to wrangle a 480HP
> Mustang--my wife might disagree--and I'm considering re-upping my pilot
> medical (which, if I'm successful, should tell me something about my
> fitness).
>
> bs
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