Jim Boles
California, USA.

1960 BT7
Engine: 350 Chevy ZZ3
Trans: Richmond 4-Speed
Rear End: 8 inch Ford

The $100 Austin healey 100-6 in the desert, Palmdale, CA.
November, 1979. Looks pretty good from this direction.

The damaged side. The car hit a low culvert.

The car without the front end sheet metal.
Note the mangled frame and that the right
front wheel is about 3 inches off of the ground.

Chevy 350 ZZ3 motor with Corvette "Ram Horn" manifolds.
Trick flow aluminum heads with an Iskenderian-Crane
modified valve train and MSD modified ignition.

The shortened Pinto rack & pinion with adjustable Heim joint ends.
Note additional crossmembers and upper shock towers (in red).

A front vew of the rack & pinion front end.

The Alden coil-over shocks and steering rod with Heim rod end.
Billet aluminum hub (yellow) adapts Healey hub to steel wheels.

Note roll bar downtube and vertical tie into door sill.

View of radiator shroud (red). Note cross brace between shock towers.

Rivited firewall and insulated foot-boxes.

Installed motor and Griffin aluminum radiator.

View of adjustable traction bar.
Urethane bushing machined from boat trailer.


January, 1999 - First test drive with new Chevy engine.
The neighbors LOVED this.

Rear view of car before final painting.
Steel sections added to widen rear fenders.

Me with the car after it's being painted metallic silver.

View from the rear quarter showing widened rear
fenders and TR-3 bumper guards

Note the pin striping.

A close-up of the curved gills in the fender vents
and the police interceptor hub caps.

Front view showing TR-3 bumper guards and black anodized grille.

Check out Jim Broles' personal web site at
 http://members.aol.com/danmas/v8healey.htm

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