[Healeys] Healey 100 Mods

Wed Feb 19 08:56:21 MST 2025

It’s been my impression, over the years, that almost everyone is safer than Moss. That’s purely as an observer/listener to comments across the pond as virtually no one in the UK bothers with Moss at all. Yes, agreed as to Michael’s comments regarding AHSpares. They sold me a dud clutch and, although they replaced it without argument, they were rather too nonchalant about the whole thing for my liking. Despite several requests for feedback I never heard anything. I use Ahead4Healeys nowadays. I dropped in on them a few months back and they gave me a tour. All looked pretty efficient. They had small units within doing interiors and panels etc….all high quality. Impressive!

Simon

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Robert Markovich via Healeys
Sent: 19 February 2025 15:02
To: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>; Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
Cc: Healey, Forum <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods

That’s sad to hear as they have seemed to be a safer bet than Moss over the 25 years I’ve owned Healeys (a BN6, a BN1, and currently a BN7). 

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On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 9:18 AM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com <mailto:michaelsalter at gmail.com> > wrote:

Having just received a shipment of parts yesterday from AH Spares, of whom I have been a customer for over 50 years, I'm sorry to say that I would now be very reluctant to purchase something as safety critical as a front brake kit from them. 

Unfortunately, based upon my  experience with several suppliers over the years, as companies get larger they are inclined to emphasize volume over quality and AH Spares seem to be tracing that path.

M

On Tue., Feb. 18, 2025, 10:50 p.m. Bob Spidell via Healeys, <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:

Sooooooooooooo ... no one's installed the AHSpares front disk kit?

On 2/18/2025 5:02 PM, Tom Mitchell wrote:

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. 

Dr.Mitchell's Gmail

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

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Datum: 2025-02-18T18:29:33+0100
Von: "Bob Spidell via Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
An: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto: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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