DEDICATION

This blog is dedicated to the restoration of the Austin Healey 3000...among the most desirable of all British sports cars.

Friday, October 19, 2012

DEADLINE APPROACHING

With the Hilton Head Concours d"Elegance lurking in the very near future,  everyone is working diligently toward the big day...November 3.  With the mechanical and electrical completed, we spent the day working on the interior.  Fitting the carpeting without a pattern is not an easy task.  And folding this 65 year old man in half and trying to fit him in a 2 foot by 3 foot space under the dash is also quite challenging.  At any rate we are  progressing.




The photos to the right and above show the carpeting around the bell housing...three pieces in all.  














The photo to the left shows the application of the rear seat deck carpeting and seats.  Gus, my upholsterer, is working on the carpeting for the transmission tunnel and we plan to set it in place tomorrow.











The archive listing of this blog contains detailed step-by-step photos and narratives regarding this restoration since it began late last December.  Please direct any comments and questions to tommystoplesscars@yahoo.com.

Life is good, Big Healeys are BAD...
Tom McCurry 

Materials and equipment purchased from:
Moss Motors (mossmotors.com)
Victoria British (victoriabritish.com)
Eastwood (eastwood.com)
The Roadster Factory (the-roadster-factory.com)
English Parts (englishparts.com)
Napa Auto Parts (napaonline.com)
Apple Hydraulics (applehydraulics.com)















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