The Start June 1998
I purchased this car from the Healey Factory
in Melbourne. A full history of the car is available on the Main Page.
At the top of the image below is the rusted out left hand drive car with
the 40+ year old new chassis and low mileage running gear below it.
Part of the deal with the Healey Factory
was that the front shroud would be repaired. I thought this would be the
way to go as they have jigs and formers to repair them. This turned out
to be a wise moved as the front shroud became my main alignment tool for
setting the position of the front bulkhead. After spending a lot of time
and taking lots of dimensions off the old rusted healey, I found that as
long as the top of the inner sills are three inches above the chassis rails,
and the height of the front bulkhead is set the same, the lateral setting
could be set by the shroud. I took measurements from five cars to try and
come up with this dimension and found a range of fifteen millimeters difference
The Rear section of the front shroud was
badly damaged so the entire section was replaced
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