[Healeys] Smitty kit

[Al Fuller]

Wow, that was quite the trip!! It must have been upwards of what, 6,000 
miles?!?  Are you driving to the 2027 Tahoe meet?


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Al Fuller
714.335.0248 Mobile


------ Original Message ------
>From "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
To "Ray Juncal" <healeyray at yahoo.com>
Cc "Ahealey help" <healeys at autox.team.net>; "i erbs" 
<eyera3000 at gmail.com>
Date 10/19/2025 4:59:13 AM
Subject Re: [Healeys] Smitty kit

>After driving my 100 from MD to Tahoe for Open Roads 2002 I continued 
>on to the PCH to drive down to LA to see family before heading home.  
>Some place around Lompoc 2nd gear broke and I realized it was going to 
>be a long trip back east with only 1st and 3rd.  I called Smitty and 
>fortunately he had both a kit and a freshly overhauled Toyota W58 on 
>hand.  He lent me the use of his lift, tools and knowledge and two days 
>later I drove out with an operative 5-speed transmission which got me 
>back to MD.  Smitty was a wonderful guy, always willing to help.
>
>Best--Michael Oritt
>
>On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM Ray Juncal via Healeys 
><healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>I always had a good rapport with Smitty, crusty as he was. But then 
>>I'd just go out to his shop and bother him while he stuffed a full 
>>blown air conditioner under the dash or something.
>>
>>On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:47:04 AM PDT, i erbs 
>><eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>Yup
>>Why buy a biz if you don't want to help people buy your products?
>>Just bizarre
>>
>>Ira Erbs
>>Milwaukie, OR
>>1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>>
>>On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 00:45 Tom Mitchell <drtommitch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>If you mean by less responsive, less helpful, less willing to help, 
>>>yes!
>>>Tom
>>>
>>>Dr. Mitchell's Gmail
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>The guy who bought the biz from Smitty is even less responsive to 
>>>>inquiries than he was.
>>>>
>>>>Ira Erbs
>>>>Milwaukie, OR
>>>>1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 21:49 Jim Ryan <ryan at jimryan.com> wrote:
>>>>>Aren't they're people that sell the conversion kit for this setup?  
>>>>>If you can find out who does that they might be able to help.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim Ryan
>>>>>
>>>>>©¿©¬
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 4:08 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>Hello
>>>>>>I about to start figuring out why my speedo stopped at 70mph.
>>>>>>I pulled it and drove for a while but the inner cable did not 
>>>>>>spin.
>>>>>>My question is where do I source and angle drive for a Toyota 
>>>>>>transmission on one end and British on the other that the cable 
>>>>>>attached to.
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ira Erbs
>>>>>>Milwaukie, OR
>>>>>>1959 Austin Healey 100-6
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