The early BN1 that I finished restoring 7 years ago achieved a concours gold at Gettysburg but now that I have a few thousand miles on it I have been very disappointed to notice that the new zinc plated brake lines that I fitted have started to show signs of rust. My guess is that […]
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Austin Healey 100 (BN1), Body Parts, Healey Concours Information, Healey Stuff, Restoration Techniques, The Restoration of Healey #174
I am currently restoring a very low mileage and virtually rust free 1956 Austin Healey 100 BN2. Having this chance to disassemble such an original car has presented me with a unique opportunity to study construction details which, at least in this part of the world, are usually lost to the ravages of rust. For […]
Austin Healey 100 (BN1), Front Suspension, Healey Stuff, Restoration Techniques, Steering, Wheels & Tires
Many, many years ago we had an Austin Healey delivered to the shop on a flat-bed. The car, a 100/6, was missing the right front wheel; not only the wheel, but the stub axle, the brake drum, the wire wheel splined hub and spinner were also MIA. The owner/driver reported that he had hit a […]
Austin Healey 100 (BN1), Body Parts, Healey Concours Information, Healey Stuff, Restoration Techniques, The Restoration of Healey #174
Displayed in the lobby at Enclave 2022 were some enlargements of photographs of Len Lord and Donald Healey at the 1952 Earls Court Motor Show taken, reputedly, shortly after they had consummated the deal for the Healey 100 to be manufactured by The Austin Motor Company as the Austin-Healey 100. These were wonderful historic photos […]
The Austin Healey 4- and 6-cylinder factory workshop manuals recommend that in the absence of Service Tool 18G37 the compression of the coil spring can be released using two 3/8″ B.S.F. slave bolts of high-tensile steel, 4 in long and threaded their entire length. You can be assured that such bolts are not available anywhere […]
Austin Healey 100 (BN1), Engine & Drivetrain, Front Suspension, Rear Axle & Suspension, Restoration Techniques, Wheels & Tires
Some of you may remember my first foray into tire shaving using a table saw. Although this exercise was quite successful it was somewhat dangerous and very time consuming. Ever since shaving the tires on my 100 in this way I have been blessed with a very smooth ride and no signs of scuttle shake […]
Adjusting the brakes and getting all the air out of the hydraulic brake system to produce a “hard” pedal can be particularly difficult when dealing with the all drum systems of 100 and 100/6 Austin Healeys. Here are tips that I have found make the job a little easier. CHECK THE ARC OF THE BRAKE […]
BN1 GEARBOX GEAR IDENTIFICATION There are essentially 2 types of gear sets for the BN1 gearbox because, in an attempt to improve durability of the gearbox, BMC changed the pressure and helix angles of both the input shaft gear and the 3rd gear (and of course their mating gears on the laygear) in later gearboxes. […]
“Cumulative Fatigue Failure for Dummies” I broke a crankshaft while racing my 100S and that experience always haunted me because original 100S engine blocks are extremely rare and I knew that I had been very lucky not to have destroyed mine with that “blow up”. Over the years I had encountered many cases of 100 […]