| Steve
Hall A
100.6 BN4 Longbridge built 1957, original r\h drive. Needing total restoration,
we met up with the seller in a car park in Edinburgh, we did not get home until
2.00 am, so this was the first time Helen had had a good look at the car, hence
the pic of Helen looking a bit unsure. Car
is totally stripped - chassis and inner panels are out for blasting and painting,
will keep you up-to-date with our progress and delays. |
Peter
& Ann Hunt
1963 AH 3000 Mk II 2 + 2. Ice blue/Old English White.
Bought by Peter in 1969. Not modified, overdrive works perfectly.
1962
AH 3000 Mk II 2 + 2. Colorado Red. Bought in 1998 from the USA. Left-hand drive
Tri-Carb. Date built: 12 - 14 Feb 1962 Date despatched: 22 February 1962 Destination:
San Fransisco, USA Stripped
down and completely re-built by Classic Restorations Ltd, Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland
as a long distance endurance Healey to Peter's specification specifically to enter
the "Around the World in 80 Days" Motor Challenge in the Millenium Year
2000. For more information click here |
| Neil
Munn - 3000 Mk 1 According
to Heritage records my car was built 24th to 26th Aug 1960. It was registered
PSD 736 on 9th Sept in Kilmarnock, to a firm of carpet makers. It had a white
tonneau cover and a blue hood. It passed thru a few owners in Ayrshire until Sept
1967, when it was bought by Bill Porteous of Glasgow. As well as being his everyday
car for transporting wife and large dogs, Bill was a motorsport enthusiast and
used the healey for all sorts of events: sprints, hillclimbs, grasstracking etc.
Unfortunately he had a big moment at the "rest and be thankful" ending
up with the car some thirty feet off the road in a rather battered state. Being
a panelbeater to trade he simply took a few days holiday and "straightened
it up". Quite possibly a Stihl saw and very large hammers were involved.
During his ownership the car acquired a centre change gearbox (from an abandoned
car) and a works alloy head (Exchange and Mart advert - £50). By 1972 the
car was becoming rather tired so it was sold on ,via Scottish Motor Services !,
to the north of Scotland. After a few years it became unworthy of repair and sent
to the scrapyard. It was rescued from there by a Healey "old hand" Allan
Adam, who passed it onto another "old hand" Keith Kelly. Keith started
restoring the car but was also involved in restoring another six or so cars simoultaneously......
I bought the car in December 1986 and set to work restoring it. On 27th Feb 1991
it passed its MoT. That was only the start.
Over the next ten years it was
modified and developed into what just might be its final spec.
Firstly, the
engine.
It has been bored 60 thou oversize. When a lightened flywheel was
fitted, the crankshaft was dynamically balanced. Each conrod, piston, and gudgeon
pin was balanced individually, then checked as a unit. It has a Denis welch high
lift cam and vernier pulley. This also required "pockets" in the block.
The head, as already mentioned, is a works alloy one, standard valve sizes, but
obviously been worked on. It has an alloy backplate with oil seal adaption and
spin on oil filter with oil cooler. Externally apart from a Princess alloy rocker
cover, it has triple HD8 carbs on DW manifolds, matching tubular exhaust manifold,
alternator and DW five blade fan.
The transmission has a Toyota five speed
gearbox and a diff from a non overdrive car.
Front suspension. There is some
negative camber, thanks to offset top bushes. There is a thicker antiroll bar,
and a high ratio steering box. Shock absorbers are standard.
Rear suspension
is standard. Tyres are Fulda 185/70 VR15 on "mock minilites"
Front
brakes are uprated with larger callipers (Ford Cortina !!) with semi race pads
and a servo.
The bodywork has lightweight panels, alloy bootlid and composite
wings with handmade vents. There is a rollover bar, more for show than go, although
it might soon become a video camera mount.
Finally the front seats are period
Paddy Hopkirk items, retrimmed to match the rest of the interior.
The only
area that I would like to upgrade further is the braking system.
Certainly
split circuit, and investigating larger calipers/ better discs. 
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| Ed
Murray Ed
reports on the latest trip to Le Mans with brother Norman.
News of his 3000 Mk 111 to follow.
"The Murray brothers took the younger
of Norm's 2 Jags to Le Mans last June. Courtesy of the Jaguar Drivers Club, we
got 8 laps round the circuit in the XKR with about 50 other nutters, before the
legends race. Ed showed Norm that the kickdown still worked at 135mph on the Mulsanne
straight, but still not fast enough to see off the Bentley turbos. Next time we'll
take the Healey!"
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Healey
Scotland
