fogey
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Ooof
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1966 Ford Cortina GT
2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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oh dear..
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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It could've been awesome. The wheels are wrong, and something needs doing with that scoop, and some other bits, but other than that, yes, very much so.
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vader
Part of things
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Club RR Member Number: 93
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With the risk of getting lynched, Healeys don’t do it form me. There I’ve said it, please don’t come after me with pitch forks!
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Triumph Stag
Ducati Supersport
Shanks’s Pony
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brc76
RR Helper
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I'd normally agree that the 100-3000 range isn't my thing, but the other day I saw a video that in the background was a really ratty daily driven one.
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Last Edit: May 5, 2020 1:23:52 GMT by brc76
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I agree, wheels and guards around the wheels are WRONG.
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Vitesse 6 Saloon
Vitesse Mk2 Convertible
BMW R1150GS
VW Amarok
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mk14dr
Yorkshire and The Humber
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I like what I can see. It doesn't say in what state it was in when the builder started out but even if it was a minter, their car, their vision.
It's hotrodding from an unusual base.
9/10 - would own.
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niwid
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Lose the side pipes and Chuck some subtly cool 17" track spec wheels on it and that'd work very well imo. As it is, it's a bit awkward looking
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I had to some googleing as I wasn't sure it was an actual Austin Healey. And it isn't. The windscreen pillars are wrong. Its a Haldane 100 Healey replica. Austin Healey  Haldane 100 Replica  |
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Or is it? This is an Austin Healey BN1  So the replica doesn't have the seam under the headlights. Its a real one I think. |
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Last Edit: May 5, 2020 9:32:23 GMT by bmcnut
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Are they 'seams' or just chrome strips? They look raised. |
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Frankenhealey
Club Retro Rides Member
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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I think it's a Healey BN-1 with a heavily raked screen. Donald liked to cadge lifts in V8's when he was over at the US Conclaves so he would like it. It may not be to everyone's taste but I always think that 'If Batman drove a Healey......' with this one  |
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here |
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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If you described that to me without showing photos I'd say it sounds awesome, always wanted to do a Cobra style Healey. My comments on how it actually looks are too negative to post and would contain comments about the builders eyesight.
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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$27k reserve not met? Really?
Regardless of who built it, it’s an amateurish looking build within the hot rod world. There’s people on this very forum knocking stuff together in sheds and single car garages that are nicer. And that’s what it is really, the only healey bit is some of the bodyshell. Everything else is standard American street rod fare.
I echo the sentiments above, those wheel arches and front lip are truly awful. They don’t even fit the wheels and tyres on it either.
And then to top it all off it’s an automatic...
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brc76
RR Helper
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I think if the arches had been a bit more in keeping with the era of the car it would have been more aesthetically pleasing. They are too modern angular for it to work for me. Just my opinion.
Also, there is a lot of area between the headlights and splitter that makes it look odd to me.
I feel like I'm totally negative about the car, but I'm also happy that someone tried to create a hot rod out of what they had.
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Last Edit: May 5, 2020 16:16:29 GMT by brc76
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