Healey and Porsche "barn finds" previous posting

[Silverghost]

Healey and Porsche "barn finds" previous posting

There was a posting about a yellow Healy and a white Porsche (I couldn't find it) earlier. In the July 2008 Classic Motorsports magazine there is a pic of the Porsche on pg. 12. We saw it HERE first!

 

[longbridgehealey]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous posting

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=163514 is this it?

 

[Silverghost]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous posting

Yep, that's it!

 

[gblawson]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous posting

What a great pictorial that is!!!!

 

[steved033]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous posting

The healey is mine (and dad's), the 356 is my friend john. I found out about the healey through him, I'd always wanted a big healey, and have one in the garage. i'm the mechanic, dad's the money man. we'll hope to enter it in carolina trophy or some such rally someday.

the pelican forum is where we both update, and hope to reunite the cars someday.

The healey is a '57 longbridge 100-6, primrose yellow, black hardtop. it's got a few dash plaques and badges from the late 50's and early 60's scca events. it was rallied, and possibly raced once. the soft top and bows are not with the car. the lucas lights are gone, replaced with marchals. There's aftermarket seatbelts, and a motorola AM radio.

it sat for 40 years. I don't know why. It has coughed over on starting fluid. I'll have time on sunday (weather permitting) to put the fuel tank back in, and try and fire it. it builds oil pressure on cranking.

sjd

 

[Shane]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">WOW! Just read the pelicanparts thread. Makes for some good readin'...

Congrats on the find. Keep us posted on the restoration (especially with pictures)!</span>

 

[steved033]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

I'll keep the pics in the pelican thread, I update at the classic motorsports Magazine forum, and now here.

sjd

 

[Silverghost]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

That is just a cool story! I hoped and it seems like the owner of the Porsche, John, is going to keep the car pretty much as he found it? That's what I'd do!

 

[steved033]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

yep, he had a little touch up work done, but it qualifies in concours events in the survivor class.

mine, well...it's cracked and crazed and has a bunch of surface rust.

sjd

 

[Shane]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

mine, well...it's cracked and crazed and has a bunch of surface rust.

sjd

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">WHAT??? We've never seen that here...get ready, it might leak a little oil...</span>

 

[Silverghost]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

Cracked, crazed, bunch of surface rust......that could be me OR my cars!!! :laugh:

 

[steved033]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

it already does!!! HAHA...hasn't even been started yet...

sjd

 

[steved033]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

scratch that last post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2cbZuYnV4

40 years, and she fired right up.

sjd

 

[Shane]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">:banana: SWEEET! Congratulations!</span>

 

[longbridgehealey]

Re: Healy and Porsche "barn finds" previous postin

Way to go!! So far, so good.....