The Roaring Season

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:51 am**

a few more, at the Tea Rooms with the Vintage Cars, Hillclimb and the run home to Auckland.

Chris White's 100 with the Vintage Austin and others

Sprite on the Hill ..

White on the Hill .. Chris that is .. a view of the sweeper

Stop at an NZR depot Waikato King Country, I am unsure exactly where ..
Les Meggett 3000, Tony Van de Water's Sprite a very early one 1958, one of the first 260 built AN5 258 I believe ..the 257th built ..
Barry Moon's 3000 and obscured Ross Cammick's 3000.

Somewhere on SH25 bypassing Hamilton

Tony's Sprite - location unsure but in the Waikato sharp right turn to go North .. any ideas ..could be on SH25 again.

view from Barry's 3000..

Like ERC I struggle with some of my scanning and had to rename some of these as had duplicated reference # numbers

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:02 am**

On the road, at the tea rooms, in the paddock, on the hill..

On the road middle North Island

Vintage cars and Healey's at the Tea Rooms, Carterton

What is under the bonnet ?

Bernie Huynen Valiant Healey again

Gymkhana Bug and Big Healey's

Hillclimb another Big Healey..

Posted: **Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:36 am**

More photos of the Concours, will probably only appeal to Healeyites, I am sure most of the cars are still around ..

Chris White's 100 [ M Spec ] White and the Red car have forgotten who owned it then, and maybe still does !!

The line up from the right hand end ..taken at ground level, well at my height..

From a ladder same end

higher up the ladder

general view again

and from the other end, Valiant Healey is first

Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:09 am**

This really is for the avid Healeyite, variations on an A-H 100, the three versions.

Chris White's 100M, kit the car was a 100 that Chris modified to " M " Specs, and did a very good job at the time.

view from the other side - showing " Cold Air box and trunking to the grille, made a difference

A 100, unsure whose but could be IA 1004 which was owned by the late Gavin Gullery - information from Mark Donaldson, Founder and Historian for the AHCCNZ.

another view of the 100

and another - small circular air cleaners rather then the cold air box

The photos were taken as I wanted some good reference shots for my car which was somewhat unoriginal
The cars above were driven to and from the NZ event, and indeed most events

For comparison a 100 S engine, cross flow [ correction see notes from Ken H and BMC BOY ] Harry Weslake ' single port ' Head with the carbies on the other side and no air cleaners or cold air box - this photo from Snowmass, Colorado in 1982. The car arrived in a large trailer and had travelled from the East Coast to Colorado.
Sadly no 100 S remained in NZ. that I am aware of - unless tucked away somewhere or recently imported [ as in the last 20 years, since I left the NZ Healey club, having sold my Healey in 1995.

Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:08 am**

Roger Dowding wrote:Sadly no 100 S remained in NZ. that I am aware of - unless tucked away somewhere or recently imported as in the last 20 years, since I left the NZ Healey club, having sold my Healey in 1995.

There is one local who has had a very nice 100S replica built up. Ellerslie 2004. (He already has a beautiful Healey 100.)

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Goodwood Revival 2009, there was a good turnout.

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Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:55 pm**

There is still one genuine Healey 100S AHS 3908 (ex Jensen) that has been restored in Christchurch

Mike Sexton has built a replica 100S which is very accurate and a fantastic example of what can be achieved.

Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:45 pm**

Roger Dowding wrote:This really is for the avid Healeyite, variations on an A-H 100, the three versions.

Chris White's 100M, kit the car was a 100 that Chris modified to " M " Specs, and did a very good job at the time.
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view from the other side - showing " Cold Air box and trunking to the grille, made a difference
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A 100, unsure whose but could be IA 1004 which was owned by the late Gavin Gullery - information from Mark Donaldson, Founder and Historian for the AHCCNZ.
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another view of the 100
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and another - small circular air cleaners rather then the cold air box
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The photos were taken as I wanted some good reference shots for my car which was somewhat unoriginal
The cars above were driven to and from the NZ event, and indeed most events

For comparison a 100 S engine, cross flow with the carbies on the other side and no air cleaners or cold air box - this photo from Snowmass, Colorado in 1982. The car arrived in a large trailer and had travelled from the East Coast to Colorado.
Sadly no 100 S remained in NZ. that I am aware of - unless tucked away somewhere or recently imported [ as in the last 20 years, since I left the NZ Healey club, having sold my Healey in 1995.
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You say crossflow but all I can see on opposite side of head is spark plug's

Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:33 pm**

Maybe you need the thread title changed Roger - Austin Healeys! There's enough material around to keep it going. I'm sure Steve could manage that for you - though he is busy.

Posted: **Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:30 pm**

A Healey thread sounds good to me.
I found these two photos in the Moss archives taken by Paul Debois if that is of interest to you "Healeyites"

A 100S motor.
(Note the modified chassis brace below the hood/ bonnet support rod. )

A 100M engine.

(Ken Hyndman )

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:18 am**

I think Mr Dowding is mistaken.......there were no cross-flow heads on Austin Healeys.....not from the factory anyway.

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:01 am**

[color="#0000CD"]I cannot see cross-flows, but some 5 port heads with ports on pushrod side and others with ports on non pushrod side, these appear to be an eight port version. [/color]

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:44 pm**

Jac Mac wrote:[color="#0000CD"]I cannot see cross-flows, but some 5 port heads with ports on pushrod side and others with ports on non pushrod side, these appear to be an eight port version. [/color]

Quote from my !00S information:

The 100S engine featured a Harry Weslake-designed aluminium
'single-port' cylinder head with reversed manifolding and it became
unique to the 100S – (total production of only 50 or so customer cars,
plus just the handful of Works cars). So in effect, this was a bespoke
engine – and a good reason why the 100S has been so rarely
replicated.

Posted: **Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:16 pm**

I found some more Healey 100S information in our Moss archives from 1955. I hope they can be read ok.

( Ken Hyndman )

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:10 am**

ERC wrote:Maybe you need the thread title changed Roger - Austin Healeys! There's enough material around to keep it going. I'm sure Steve could manage that for you - though he is busy.

ERC, Yes I must, I tried to change the First Post but doesn't do the Heading, and I have 100's more Healey photos going back to the mid 1970's in NZ, and from two trips to the USA in 1982 and 1988, plus in England on the 1982 trip, some posted elsewhere [ a few ] but would be better here.

Will PM Steve as it is a great idea, thanks Ray ..

Steve if you are reading this can you do it !! thanks.

Roger D..

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:41 am**

Kevin Hirst wrote:You say crossflow but all I can see on opposite side of head is spark plug's

Kevin, yep got that wrong, but they did move the manifolds inlet and exhaust to the other side so a very different head, somewhere in my Geoffrey Healey books [ 3 ] and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. I know that LHD Hundreds got bloody hot for the driver as the exhaust was under your feet, 100S solved their problem but not for RHD 100S owners.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:44 am**

AMCO72 wrote:I think Mr Dowding is mistaken.......there were no cross-flow heads on Austin Healeys.....not from the factory anyway.

AMCO72, yep as just posted got it wrong, I meant that the head was very different as shown by BMC BOY and others, means you guys are following this thread though, cheers.
Any input is appreciated, Roger D..

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:29 pm**

[quote="Roger Dowding"] and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. ]

Roger, I thought what I entered on Post # 113 explained the reasons for the Weslake head design or did I miss something ?
Yes, I am following your thread also !

KH

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:23 pm**

khyndart in CA wrote:
Roger Dowding wrote: and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. ]

Roger, I thought what I entered on Post # 113 explained the reasons for the Weslake head design or did I miss something ?
Yes, I am following your thread also !

KH

Great stuff, most informative, allway's loved them, what gearbox, diff etc, did they use on S model's.

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:56 pm**

Kevin,
Here are some specs on the 100S from 1955.

The 4 speed gearbox was the same BMC design that was used in the BN2 model. It did have a special close-ratio gear cluster.
Ratios were ; first, 3.08; second, 1.91; third, 1.33 and 4th was direct. No overdrives were fitted. Rear end was a spiral bevel type with a standard final drive of 2.92 to 1. Alternative ratios were available.

(Ken Hyndman)

Posted: **Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:06 pm**

khyndart in CA wrote:
Roger Dowding wrote: and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. ]

Roger, I thought what I entered on Post # 113 explained the reasons for the Weslake head design or did I miss something ?
Yes, I am following your thread also !

KH

All good Ken, didn't read the fine print, about the pushrods and better flow of the head with the manifolding changed over..
Where do you keep all the stuff you post, must have a big Man Cave !!, cheers Roger

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A-H 100 S the engine and head ..