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tonyola
11/15/09

In reply to Austin-Healey 100-Six Down On The Denver Street
The pictured car is beautiful, and I love the wine-red color. If I wanted a big Healey, I'd go for a later Mark III. It's got the nicer interior, and I'd gladly trade roadster authenticity for roll-up windows - side curtains are a pain in the ass.

My older brother owned a tidy '59 Mk. 1 3000 for a few years in the early '70s. It was a dark metallic green with the factory hardtop and big Marchal driving lights. The machine was gorgeous, but my brother was the wrong person for that car - his very limited mechanical knowledge was seriously overmatched by the evil gods Lucas, BMC, and SU. As a tallish 15-year old, I once rode in the back-bench penalty box (only masochists would call it a seat) for 150 miles with my face above the windshield (the top stayed home that trip). I learned what "bugs in the face" meant that trip.

Older Bro's A-H adventures came to an abrupt end one day when, on the way back to college, he saw a front wheel detach itself and roll into a nearby gas station. Fortunately, he was only going 20 mph after just leaving the off-ramp from I-75. No-one was hurt, but the car suffered badly in the resultant noisy mess. Turns out that somehow a mechanic had installed a knockoff hub so that it loosened while driving instead of tightened. Mom and Dad said enough was enough - no more sinking money into the Healey. Big Bro silently fought back tears as the Healey was swapped for a more-reliable (if much duller) used Mustang convertible.
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metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal
11/15/09

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Nice. My father owns a '67 3000 BJ8 but I prefer the spartan interior and lower door lines of the 100-6 and Mk.1 3000's. They're torquey enough to get out of their own way but the brakes had better be working well, because it takes BALLS OF STEEL to drive one of these through a curve at speed. #austinhealey
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Evil_Genius
11/15/09

@metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal: I agree that the early cars are much better looking.. As for the second part of your statement... I modified mine with 6" Cobra wire wheels and negative camber... did I mention the 4 piston Wilwoods on each corner? Mine only requires brass balls for serious Hwy 1 carving.. #austinhealey
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Armand
11/15/09

@metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal: I'll always love the smiling face of the early 100-4, even if it's powered by a truck engine with a stroke as long as my forearm. #austinhealey
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metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal
11/15/09

@Evil_Genius: ok #austinhealey
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JC Whitless
11/15/09

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I'm usually a car ass kinda guy, but this car has an ugly rear. Amazingly, like 1983 Loni Anderson, lack of a nice butt is totally made up by the front end and the headlights.

Now the MGB, that is the Jan Smithers of the british car world. Not that flashy, not that great of curves, but nice all around. #austinhealey
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skaycog was here
11/15/09

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Sweet. That excites me in a car excitement kind of way. #austinhealey
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
11/15/09

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Who do I have to kill to get this car? Seriously, I'm on my way. #austinhealey
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Novaload
11/15/09

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Don't do it! Every time I see one of these, I know that it is really a mid-to-early 60s Barbie car, because my sister had one. They came in orange with an aqua interior, just like the old Howard Johnson's colors. Even as a kid, I couldn't understand why Barbie didn't have a Vette or an MG--because Barbie was not a motor head, how would she even know about Austin-Healeys? Who was in that marketing meeting!?

So don't do it, man.
You'd be committing murder for a Barbie car. #austinhealey
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Evil_Genius
11/15/09

@Novaload: Never saw an orange one, ever- I've looked at the list of colors and while there was a goldish metallic that was hideous, Orange was never a stock color, from 53 til the end of production in 67. Maybe you're thinking of a Sprite or Midget? I have to work on my Barbie car.... #austinhealey
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Novaload
11/15/09

@Evil_Genius: Well, it was Barbie! So it was an orange that I'm sure Barbie called "Tangerine Frost" or "Dreamsickle Treat"--certainly not Competition Orange. #austinhealey
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Novaload
11/15/09

@Evil_Genius: [cgi.ebay.com]

Everything is on the internets, apparently. #austinhealey
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
11/15/09

@Novaload: Hey Barbie! Hey Skipper! Who's your friend? Wanna go for a ride? #austinhealey
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Murilee Martin
11/15/09

@Novaload: Barbie had a British car? Get a few Long Island Ice Teas into her and she'll trade that thing in for a goddamn Corvette, ASAP! #austinhealey
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Novaload
11/16/09

@Murilee Martin: I know! I have often wondered WTF went on in that marketing meeting! #austinhealey
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BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
06/28/09

In reply to 1972 Ford Maverick Sedan Has Survived Many Denver Winters, Will Probably Survive Many More
In "88 my brother and I bougth a Maverick like this one, same colour, for 200,00 U$ had a road trip with it of 13,000 miles (south carolina > New York > Canada > Colorado > Texas > Georgia > South Carolina) and sold it for 180,00 U$. The trip was quite impressive the car not so much, but did the job.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
06/28/09

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Yet another reason why compact and intermediate sedans were dramatically outsold by coupes.
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Novaload
06/28/09

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I've seen one or two old Mavs hotrodded and they can look ok--but they came with spindly little tires and plain Jane styling.
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MushyHeirloom
06/28/09

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While one maverick was imprisoned by the Viet Cong, another was imprisoning America's lower class.
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DoctorNine
06/28/09

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I did it alone on a Honda PC800 in the mid-1990's, on a week's worth of screwing around out west. There is freaking nothing out there. Every once in a while, I would just stop, and walk about 2-300 yards off the road. Could have been Mars. Seriously. And at night, the stars aren't in the sky, so much as pressing down on you in swarms, like millions of blue-white bees.

Oh, and never eat the jimson weed. Don't ask.
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Novaload
06/28/09

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So they don't have duct tape in Colorado? What's the story on those fenders behind the headlight bezels?

The tailight shot is great. As "plain" as this car is by late 50s standards, look at all that intricate detail. No curved swoopy pieces of red plastic with no trim here, fellas.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
06/28/09

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I've always liked this model year better than '55 and maybe even '57. It's the simplest, cleanest design of the three.

I get a much bigger kick out of the sedans and non-Bel Airs than the typical sport coupes and convertibles. For a lower-line model, the Two-Ten actually looks pretty sharp with just enough chrome and two-tone paint.

Also, Chevy should bring back those bow-tie-in-crest emblems. Huge emblems are (unfortunately) all the rage right now, but that big gold bow-tie just looks like hell.
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bdon
06/27/09

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MushyHeirloom
06/27/09

@bdon: Err... right. See ya.
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TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
06/27/09

@bdon: The EGR recirculates a bit of exhaust into the intake air charge to help with emissions.
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MushyHeirloom
06/27/09

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I don't think I'd want to go any faster than 85 or so, anyway, no matter how straight and barren it is. The half-fishbowls would fall off my headlamp buckets.

I need to pull and re-hot-glue those.
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MushyHeirloom
06/27/09

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Damn, this thing is beautiful. I shot a four-door sedan of similar vintage (different make) last week - infinitely more turquoise, but the photos, of course, aren't as good. Curse my terrible camera (and unexceptional photography skills)!
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