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John Helgesen · #46 Post by **John Helgesen** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:36 am

New shifter bushings installed and she shifts better than my BMW.

Tires arrived last week, trying a set of Nexen 165/80/15's, but still looking for a cheap set of rims to put them on, so I can leave the 60's radials on the original rims. Is anyone running the painted silver repros from Stoddard? Site says they have to be modified to fit a B, but doesn't say what has to be done.

Car is at the paint shop now, was given a proper polishing yesterday. Today they start the work to repair the drivers door paint and blend best they can. Sorry I don't have pictures yet.

Scored a 62 parts car this weekend, lots of good chrome (better than mine) but best of all, a complete set of original, in the package Porsche rubber for the car, every last seal and gasket!!! Woohooo! No repro stuff for me!!!

Mark Pribanic · #47 Post by **Mark Pribanic** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:08 am

John,
Is there a good story behind finding the parts car? Looks like its been sitting in the weather a while....

That thing has some great rustina!

Ron Hoff · #48 Post by **Ron Hoff** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:34 pm

In today's world that parts car looks like a restoration project waiting to happen!

Where did the Nexen tires come from and do you have a picture you can post. The Kuhmos sure aren't available now. I'm looking for my next set of tires now so I can get to the WCH next month.

John Helgesen · #49 Post by **John Helgesen** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:56 pm

I'll try to make the tub available soon enough, I think its savable for someone, but no title.

Got my hands slapped for mentioning Ebay in a different thread, but thats where I found the tires. Dragster guy is selling them as fronts for skinny drag tires. 120 shipped per pair. Lookup 165 15 on ebay and you will see them if they are still available.

Sebastian Gaeta · Tue May 06, 2008 11:32 pm

John Helgesen wrote: Dragster guy is selling them as fronts for skinny drag tires. 120 shipped per pair. Lookup 165 15 on ebay and you will see them if they are still available.

John,

I live near them and went to pick up 4. They have MANY in stock so availability is good. When they run out they order up another couple of hundred.

Their info:

McCormack Racing 3563 Fort St. Lincoln Park, MI. 48146 1-800-999-3724

Note their street number; a good sign. They are strictly a drag store so the number thing was pretty much lost on them! Good tires though...

John Helgesen · #51 Post by **John Helgesen** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:27 pm

Car is home with new paint on the drivers side, boy is she pretty now!!!

Parts car is for sale now, email me if you are interested

John Helgesen · #52 Post by **John Helgesen** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:57 am

Parts car is sold.....

Got my new mat last night, one step closer to done. Just have to balance the tires and she is on the road this weekend.

Mark Pribanic · #53 Post by **Mark Pribanic** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:02 pm

Any updates?

John Helgesen · #54 Post by **John Helgesen** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:21 pm

Sure....

Took her on a maiden voyage, turns out there was a local vw meet a few blocks from the house, so they let us join in.....

Test run went well, so the next week she got to go to the PCA parade. Met some more brothers there....

Lots of interest from the rest of the gang, several taking lots of pictures of detail areas for originality.

We've made a few trips around town for coffee and such. Still need to adjust the shifter location to work on the noise coming from the tunnel. I think something is not in the right place in 3rd and 4th. Carbs still need a little more tweaking.

Overall, we're a pretty happy family.

John Helgesen · #55 Post by **John Helgesen** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:19 pm

Found a few pics from when she was still sleeping and when she first was coming home....

Andy Serdich · #56 Post by **Andy Serdich** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:20 pm

What a great Story -- you did a great job putting her back on the road.....

In you last set of pics of her still sleeping I noticed the other treasure in the garage there

What year is the Healey? and what happaned to her?

John Helgesen · #57 Post by **John Helgesen** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:26 pm

That's a 57 (I think) Healey 100-6. A friend of mine in Atl took it home and is bringing her back to life. Her interior didn't fair as well though and she'll need a bit more work. There are more details on the Pelican thread if you click on the link in my signature.

John Helgesen · #58 Post by **John Helgesen** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:51 pm

Thanks for the help guys, I made the pages of Excellence today. Woohooo!

Thanks again,

Mark Pribanic · #59 Post by **Mark Pribanic** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:01 pm

John,
Will it be in the next issue? I haven't received the issue in the mail yet. or another future issue?

Great work & thank you for sharing your story online with the Registry!

Mark

John Helgesen · #60 Post by **John Helgesen** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:13 pm

It's in the latest issue, April, hitting the stands now.