Healeys are well known for their scuttle
shake, the modification shown above will ( I hope ) reduce this. I have
used a piece of 20x6 flat steel and welded it to the inside of the chassis
rail and to the bottom face of the cold air box. It is also plug welded
to the sheet metal footwell flange. Rather than using self tapping screws
to told the gearbox aperture panel, I have drilled and tapped the flat
steel so that the whole assembly can be screwed up tight.
The camber adjustment kit shown tacked into
position above was manufactured by Theo Van Heel in Melbourne. It consists
of a new ( Raked ) top cap, A high tensile tapped block, and high tensile
mounting and adjusting set screws. After looking at the options available
I preferred this method of adjusting the suspension camber to suit modern
tyres.
The chassis assembly is now sandblasted and
fitted into it's roll over frame ready for painting. The sandblasting blew
holes through the rear inner guards in a couple of places that I thought
were solid enough. Now I know why many restorers pre blast before starting
chassis work! After repairing the inner guard front dog leg and now the
rear it would probably have been easier to replace the whole inner guard.
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