[Healeys] Healey 100 Mods
Bob Spidell
bspidell at comcast.net
Wed Feb 19 11:13:27 MST 2025
Harder to search on their site, but I found a conversion kit that
appears to be (at least) comparable for about £300 less!
bs
On 2/19/2025 8:36 AM, Robert Markovich wrote:
> Many thanks for your recommendation regarding Ahead4Healeys. I’ve
> never tried them but will!
>
>
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> On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 10:56 AM, Simon Lachlan
> <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:
>
> 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> 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> 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> 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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