ENGINE OUT!!

[Lawreston]

It'll be expensive but in another form of transportation it could have been worse.

Any of you Iowa folks familiar with Healey Werks?

HR

 

[jshawley]

Oh, dear--that's some big hole there...

 

[tonycondon]

never heard of em.

 

[Lawreston]

Oh, dear--that's some big hole there...

#5 connecting rod, right through the block. The scratch test on the head came out Good, and can be reused, as can a lot of other parts.

HR

 

[Teller1900]

Wowzah! I know Healey thanks to Top Gear, not from living in Iowa .

 

[Lawreston]

Oh, dear--that's some big hole there...

In its better days, see below; but I should have her back on the road by mid June.
(Only goes to show she'll fit under the wing in the hangar, come next winter)

[The #8752 license plate has been in the family since 1961, originally on a 1960 Austin Healey 3000 when I was in high school.]

HR

 

[steingar]

Damn Lelands.

 

[Ted]

Ouchies, the motor finally gave out. I love the old little British cars, but those old engines weren't always the most durable.

Then again, I'm one to talk given my preferred mode of transportation:

 

[kevin47881]

Crank inspection holes are always a bad think. Good luck with the repair.