Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favourite big Healey is the 100-4. Not quite so front heavy as the sixes and a wonderful folding windshield. Mufflers are just as vulnerable though. Ground clearance was something they never received. John Collier On 30-Jan-06, at 7:35 PM, Bill Lawlor wrote: >> Afraid I drive a 57 Healey! It is a VERY different driving >> experience from your modern Euro-box ( although I liked the old- >> style 3-series BMWsto drive). My God, you can even see the engine >> when you lift the hood. >> Peter >> >> >> ____ > > Peter, I drove a 57 100-6 Healey in 1957 - 1959. I was 17-19 yrs > old. My Dad > bought it and then bought a Jag XK 150 Coupe. The Healey defaulted > to me my > senior year of H.S and first year of college. What a time! Too bad > I threw a > rod over-revving that old truck engine. Then my Mom's old '53 Ford > wagon > became my college car. > > The 100-6 muffler was so low I had to get it welded at least once > a month. > Best sports car sound ever! The c.g. was so low I wore out a set of > tires in > six months drifting up Chevy Chase Canyon in L.A. Great memories.