RESOURCES AND LINKS
RESTORATION PHOTOGRAPH SETS:
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Restoration (53 pics) or 6-cylinder rolling chassis restoration (75pics) - British Car Specialists - 2060 N. Wilson Way Stockton Ca 95205 - phone 209-948-8767 fax
209-948-1030HealeyDoc@aol.com http://members.aol.com/healeydoc/pubpage.htm
- Photo Set of 100M Restoration (34 pics) - World-Wide 100M Le Mans Registry - Bill Meade 533 Cedar Dr Watsonville, CA 95076 408-722-3253
REPAIR VIDEOS
- Overdrive, Tune-up, Carburettor - Tom Mason - 723 Winnetka Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55426 - tommason@juno.com
- Upholstery Installation - Moss Motors - www.mossmotors.com
BOOKS: GENERAL HISTORY
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 SUPER PROFILE /John Wheatley/ ISBN 0-85429-487-2
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100-6 and 3000 SUPER PROFILE (John Wheatley) ISBN 0-85429-574-9
- AUSTIN-HEALEY FROGEYE SPRITE SUPER PROFILE /Lindsay Porter/ pub. 1983
- AUSTIN-HEALEY /Geoffrey Healey / ISBN 0-396-07530-4 (Big Healeys)
- MORE HEALEYS /Geoffrey Healey/ ISBN 0-85614-049-X (Spridgets)
- BIG HEALEYS COLLECTOR'S GUIDE (Big Healeys Only)
- SPRITES AND MIDGETS A Collector's Guide
- SPRIDGETS: MG MIDGET AND AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100-4, 100-6, 3000 AND SPRITE MK, I-IV, 1953-1972 /Walter Zeichner/ Pub. 1989
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 & 3000 (Sports Car Color History) / John Heilig / Pub. 1995
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 & 3000 Collection 1 / R. M. Clarke / Pub. 1982
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 & 3000 Series /Autoclassics/ Graham Robson / Pub. 1994
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100/6 and 3000 : All the Big 6-Cylinder Models /John Wheatley/Pub. 1987
- AUSTIN-HEALEY : 100 & 3000 (Colour Classics)/David McLavin, Andrew Tipping / Pub. 1996
- AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY : FERRARIS, ROLLS-ROYCE, AUSTIN-HEALEY Vol 17 / Pub. 1987
- ESSENTIAL AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 & 3000 : THE CARS AND THEIR STORY 1953-67 / Mike Lawrence / Pub. 1994
- HEALEY : THE HANDSOME BRUTE / Chris Harvey / Pub. 1978
- HEALEYS AND AUSTIN-HEALEYS: including Jensen-Healey : an illustrated history of the marque with specifications and tuning data / Peter Browning
- MG MIDGET AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE (except Frogeye) / Lindsay Porter
- HEALEY : Compiled by Peter Garnier From The Archives of Autocar/ Peter Garnier
- ROAD & TRACK ON AUSTIN-HEALEY, 1953-1970
- THE JENSEN HEALEY STORIES/ Peter Browning
BOOKS: RESTORATION
- ORIGINAL AUSTIN-HEALEY The Restorer's Guide / Anders Clausager / ISBN 1-870979-13-3 (Big Healeys only)
- ILLUSTRATED AUSTIN-HEALEY BUYER'S GUIDE / Richard Newton/ ISBN 0-87938-104-3 (All Models)
- MG MIDGET & AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE : Guide to Purchase & D.I.Y. Restoration / Lindsay Porter / Pub. 1995
- PRACTICAL CLASICS ON SPRITE AND MIDGET RESTORATION
- MG MIDGET & AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE : Restoration, Preparation, Maintenance / Jim Tyler / Pub. 1993
BOOKS: SHOP MANUALS
- Austin-Healey 100 (Series BN1) Service Manual, The Austin Motor Company, September 1956. / 97H997D
- Austin-Healey 100 (Series BN2) Supplement, The Austin Motor Company, March 1956.
- AUSTIN-HEALEY BN1 & BN2 100/4 Shop Manual / Pub. 1989
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100/6 & 3000, range: 1956-1968: workshop maintenance & repair manual
- Austin-Healey 100-6 (Series BN4 and BN6) and 3000 (Series BN7 and BT7) Workshop Manual/ Issue 2/ Austin Motor Co / AKD1179A
- THE COMPLETE OFFICIAL AUSTIN-HEALEY 100-SIX AND 3000, 1956-1968 : Comprising the Official Driver's Handbook, Workshop Manual / Cambridge / Pub. 1980
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100/6 & 3000, range: 1956-1968: workshop maintenance & repair manual
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100/6 and 3000, 1956-1968 a workshop manual for the Austin-Healey 100/6 and 3000 Mks 1, 2 and 3 1956-1968 / Autobook, Kenneth Ball
- THE AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE MK 1 WORKSHOP MANUAL / British Leyalnd Motors / Pub. 1988
- Austin-Healey Sprite Workshop Manual, The Austin Motor Company.
BOOKS: DRIVERS HANDBOOKS
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 DRIVERS HANDBOOK: 1952-1956 / Pub. 1994
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100/6 DRIVERS MANUAL / Pub. 1994
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 Owner's Handbook / Third Edition April 1954 /
- Austin Motor Company Limited / Publication No. 996/B
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 3000 Series BN7 AND BT7 Driver's Handbook / The Austin Motor Company Limited / AKD1102A
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 3000 MK 1 & 2 DRIVER'S HANDBOOK: 1959-1963/ Pub. 1994
- Austin-Healey 3000 Mks I and II Driver's Handbook / The Austin Motor Co. Ltd, BMC Corp. Ltd, / Pub 1963. / AKD3915A
- AUSTIN-HEALEY 3000 Mk 3 Driver's Handbook: 1964-1968 / Pub. 1994
- Austin-Healey Sprite Driver's Handbook, The Austin Motor Company, 1958
BOOKS: PARTS MANUALS FOR EACH MODEL
These are often difficult to obtain, but are potentially the most valuable for restorations.
- Parts List for the Austin-Healey 100 / Revised June,1956 / Austin Motor Co. Ltd. / Publication 1050
- Austin-Healey 3000 (Series BN7 and BT7) Service Parts List / BMC Service Ltd., Fifth Edition. / AKD1151
- Austin-Healey 3000 (Series BJ7 and BJ8) Mechanical Service Parts List / BMC Ltd, BMC Service / Issue 3 / 1964. / AKD3523
- Austin-Healey 3000 (Series BJ7 and BJ8) Body Service Parts List / BMC Ltd, BMC Service / Issue 4 / 1965. / AKD3524
- Austin-Healey Sprite Service Parts List / B.M.C. Service Ltd./ Issue 2. / December 1958. / AKD829
- Mechanical Service Parts List Austin-Healey Sprite (H-AN5) Austin-Healey Sprite Mark II) M.G. Midget (Mark I) / British Leyland Motor Corporation Limited / Copyright 1969 / AKD3566
- Body Service Parts List Austin-Healey Sprite (H-AN5) Austin-Healey Sprite (Mark II) M.G. Midget (Mark I) / British Leyland Motor Corporation Limited / Copyright 1969 /AKD3567
- The Austin-Healey Sprite (Mark II) Service Parts Manual / British Motor Corporation. / AKD 1763
SOURCES FOR HEALEY BOOKS
- Classic Motorbooks 800-826-6600 http://www.motorbooks.com
- Moss Motors 800-235-6594 http://www.mossmotors.com
- British Car Bookshop 800-520-8292
- Amazon http://www.amazon.com
- Dragich Auto Literature 800-328-8484
- Voss Motors (reprinted parts manuals) http://www.books4cars.com
Clubs listed below may also offer some of the books as regalia items
CAR PRODUCTION CERTIFICATES
(Original production information for Each Healey,listing options and colors ordered at the time of manufacture.) Send $40 US in Cash or Bank Money order (no personal checks) along with car serial number to: British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, Archive Dept. Heritage Motor Centre, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick, CV35 OBJ
Phone: 011-44-1926-641 188
fax: 011-44-1926-641 555
www.stratford.co.uk/bmiht
email
100670.3401@compuserve.com
CONCOURS RULES AND SCORE SHEETSContain many details to help in a restoration. See the AUSTIN-HEALEY Concours Registry page. From our home page, click on the "concours" icon.
AUSTIN HEALEY CLUBS And REGISTERSWill often have designated technical experts who can answer restoration questions.
- AUSTIN-HEALEY CLUB USA - - PO Box 6197, San Jose CA 95150, 888-424-2872 / Mark Allen 925-846-7544 marka@healey.org Web Site: http://www.healey.org Monthly magazine w/ want ads, Tech Articles.
- AUSTIN-HEALEY CLUB OF AMERICA - -
110 North Rastetter, Louisville, KY 40206, Mike Schneider 877-5-HEALEY membership@healeyclub.org Web Site: www.healeyclub.org
Full-color monthly magazine, Healey Marque, including tech articles, ads. Regional clubs in most states and Canada.
- AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE GLOBAL REGISTRY. - - The Registry pertains to all Marks of Sprites worldwide, regardless of condition, and is free of charge. Records are kept of current owner, location, and numbers on majorcomponents of each vehicle. Call/write SPRITE, 1421 E. Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA 17033. (717) 534-2525.
- TRI-CARB REGISTRY - - Send information about your car (2 or 4 seater) to Bill Bolton, 2930 Skyline Drive, Corvalis, OR 97330. Compiled information will be sent by return mail. tricarb@aol.com
- 100M LeMANS REGISTRY - - A world-wide registry, inviting all clubs and all owners of factory certified and later converted "LeMans" cars to join. You will receive a specific Registry certificate, a brass dash plaque designed by Gerry Coker, plus tuning instructions, original sales flyer and periodic newsletters. Send your car's chassis number, body and engine numbers, its history, photos, description of "LeMans" modifications made, photocopy of Heritage Trust Certificate (factory cars only) along with $20 payable to Bill Meade - 100M Registry, 533 Cedar Dr., Watsonville, CA 95076 (408) 722-3253.
- 1967 BJ8 GOLDEN BEIGE METALLIC REGISTRY - - We want to locate all the surviving Golden Beige Metallic Healeys of the original 553 reportedly produced in 1967. Regardless of current condition or color, please send information about your rarest of the BJ8's - current owner, location, club affiliation, body, chassis and engine numbers. Compiled information will be returned by return mail. Write/call Golden Beige Registry - John Heffron, 236 Moore Lane, Haddonfield, NJ 08033 (609) 429-7673, e-mail jheff123@msn.com or FAX (609) 429-7673
- UK AUSTIN-HEALEY CLUB 100 REGISTER- -The UK Austin-Healey Club holds Registers of cars split into Sprites, 100, 100/6 & 3000 and Jensen Healeys. The details of cars and owners are not generally made available but used to produce statistics and trace cars lost or stolen. Requests for information will be forwarded to present owners but it is their decision whether they reply or not. Website: http://www.jharper.demon.co.uk/100reg1.htm
- ORIGINAL OWNERS REGISTRY - - Contact: Geoff Rossi, Chairman Minnesota AHC 612-822-7069
- The AUSTIN-HEALEY BJ7 REGISTRY - -The Objective of the BJ7 Registry is to collect and maintain as much information as possible regarding the 6,113 BJ7s originally manufactured. Please provide the following information: Car Number, Owner Name, Status (including scrapped cars), and General Location (City, State/Country). Additional Information (engine number, body number, original and current color, known history, BMIHT certificate data) is also important and would be greatly appreciated. No Information will be released without prior consent of the owners. Please send BJ7 Information to:
Tom Blaskovics
1005 Village Drive
Morgantown Wv. 26505-2816
Phone: (304) 599-0586
E-mail:
u2347@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
- THE AUSTIN-HEALEY BJ8 REGISTRY - - The BJ8 Registry seeks to provide a valuable resource to the worldwide BJ8 community by collecting as much detailed information as possible about the 17,712 BJ8s originally manufactured. Minimum information desired is Car Number, Owner Name, Status (including scrapped cars), and General Location (City, State/Country). Additional details (engine number, body number, original and current color, known history, BMIHT certificate data) are very welcome and solicited. Information will not be released except with the prior consent of all concerned, but the registrar will research any questions and accomplish the necessary coordination with current and prior owners to obtain consent. Information for the registry can be provided to:
Steve Byers
135 Craven Drive
Havelock, NC USA
Telephone: (252) 447-8812
e-mail:
byers@cconnect.net