Owner Groups

by "CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
Published 02/14/2017 at 16:10

Tags: Austin-Healy ; big healey ; 100-6 ; bn4 ; Canada ; Project Car ; Facebook
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FB is an interesting topic here on Oppo since I know many of you don’t like the having your lives out there and keeping some privacy from the all seeing eye.

I enjoy it most of the time, and being 25 I have those friends that I can only contact through FB since they are so flaky it is the only concrete way to talk to them. Anyway another great feature is Owner groups. When I bought my AH Sprite 7 years ago, I joined a few Austin Healey pages. Well just recently I started talking to a very friendly Canadian (no surprise) about his 100-6 BN4 and 3000 MKII that may be for sale. I am personally much more interested in the 100-6.

[the] 100/ 6 BN4 with MK2 engine, drums, needs floors and sills which I bought, has restored seats in vinyl , runs ok , drove it where it is now. Could have running pretty quickly.

It would be such a cool car to own. I have always wanted a big Healey.

Would be a fun car to replace the 928 and the Sprite. As much as I don’t want to sell the Sprite, I would rather have a full running car that I could make a driving project you know? Plus having a MKII 3000 motor in it would be so awesome. Maybe I’ll be able to have the money to buy and import this from Canada, but if not oh well. Would be neat to drive it around a bit in Canada first... I wonder if there are any Oppos up there that would like to work on a big Healey?

Replies (8)

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
02/14/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 0

Oh that would be such a cool project

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
02/14/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 0

Right?!

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
02/14/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 0

I didn’t know these were referred to as “big” Healys, that’s hilarious! x)

"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
02/14/2017 at 16:28, STARS: 1

I enjoy it most of the time, and being 25 I have those friends that I can only contact through FB since they are so flaky it is the only concrete way to talk to them. Anyway another great feature is Owner groups. 

Funny thing is, it’s the other way round for me and my Solstice. ALL the other owners are way older than me and they all arrange cruises on the Ontario owners group.

I stuck to the message boards and emails.

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
02/14/2017 at 17:00, STARS: 1

I mean metal work is outside my skill set, but if you can tackle it, totally go for it. I saw a guy in north van with either a 100-6 or a MkII 3000 that was silver, kinda patchwork looking, no windshield, no bumpers, very race car looking. It made me want to do something similar with an old british roadster

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
02/14/2017 at 17:21, STARS: 1

Yeah, metal work isn’t beyond me in the least.

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
02/14/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 0

I love the Solstice owner’s group on FB, So nice when I was looking to buy one, didn’t but they were great. And yes I love FB groups so much more than the terrible forums.

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
02/14/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 0

Yeah, the 3 big Healeys.