[Healeys] Healey 100 Mods
Bob Spidell
bspidell at comcast.net
Wed Feb 19 17:55:07 MST 2025
Great idea; I've ordered from them before--hard-to-find handle for block
coolant valve--and was very happy with the service (think from Bob himself).
On 2/19/2025 12:23 PM, m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> Just FYI, Healey Autofarm here in Ontario Canada is a N.A. distributor
> for Ahead4Healeys. You might want to call/email them and see what
> price they can provide as they get shipments from them regularly.
> Amanda and Tom there are great to deal with. I have no financial
> interest in the company. https://autofarm.net/
>
> Cheers, Mirek
>
> *From:*Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Bob
> Spidell via Healeys
> *Sent:* February 19, 2025 1:13 PM
> *To:* Robert Markovich <rmarkovich at aol.com>
> *Cc:* 'Healey, Forum' <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Healey 100 Mods
>
> 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>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto:michaelsalter at gmail.com>; Bob Spidell
> <bspidell at comcast.net> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* Healey, Forum <healeys at autox.team.net>
> <mailto: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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