The finished engine bay , Nancy is nearly ready to growl and begin her adventures , only on sunny days though!
The interior finish is coming together, love the piping, classic #moto-lita steering wheel , original Smith dials and overdrive switch .
http://www.moto-lita.co.uk @moto-lita #austinhealey #bighealey
Looking a little bit like a #classiccar
At last we start to see the beautiful Nancy coming together, soon the Mk1 Austin Healey 3000 will be on tour! Exploring the beautiful British countryside .
#classicsportscar #rawlesmotorsport #austinhealey
Nancy is slowly coming to life
Originally Colorado Red straight out of the Healey factory in 1960, then painted in mustard yellow with racing black stripes for her racing career in Philadelphia .
Now Nancy will become her classic most elegant and beautiful self.
Before we begin painting lets make sure all the panels lone up perfectly, much easier to tweak a millimetre before you fully spray.
Full bare metal treatment to my chassis, looks better than new tbh
Nancy needed a full bare metal treatment
First we had to deal with localised micro blistering (tiny little blisters often found in clusters). If a panel or section of a cars body shows micro blistering that panel or area will need to be stripped of the current paint layers as the cause is usually tiny pores of rust on the metals surface. These must be removed and treated or they will come back. ruining the new paintwork. Nancy’s front wing took in the region of 3 hrs to manually remove the paint. Then everything is sandblasted .
These guys know about classic car detail and engine rebuilds #veber #classiccar #austinhealey #bighealey
Everything has been thought of, important Nancy would be bought make to life in the most authentic way.
Nancy the Austin Healey 