Solved - NEH 2881: Olds-Healey by Tom Schnerk

Started by Carnut, August 07, 2013, 07:53:48 AM

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Carnut

What's this, by whom and powered by what - for 1 point?:

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Carnut

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D-type

Austin-Healey re-engined with a V8 possibly Chevrolet?
Duncan Rollo

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Carnut

Quote from: D-type on August 14, 2013, 02:06:03 PM
Austin-Healey re-engined with a V8 possibly Chevrolet?

Correct, apart from the make of engine..
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D-type

If it isn't a chevy is it a Ford?
Duncan Rollo

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Carnut

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richard cuyler

It's really beautifully proportioned and has just the right amount of Austin-Healey to the rear and AC Cobra to the front to make it look butch but sensitive. Like a nicely muscled bloke with no tattoos and cradling a baby. ;D

No I'm not.  ::)

I just (have to) listen to my wife a lot (now that I'm retired) and have picked up what's 'hot' to the ladies and what's not. :o Grandkids are cute though, especially when they're asleep and making no noise. And when they are taken back home - having them round is like being under a car you're fixing and dropping the jack on purpose because it feels so good when you jack the car up again.


WayneB

Its a 1954 Austin Healey 100/4 powered by a 1959 Big Block 418 cu in Oldsmobile Engine.

Built by a fellow called Tom Schnerk.

Carnut

Quote from: WayneB on August 15, 2013, 08:13:35 PM
Its a 1954 Austin Healey 100/4 powered by a 1959 Big Block 418 cu in Oldsmobile Engine.

Built by a fellow called Tom Schnerk.

Yes!  And what does he call his creation?
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WayneB

He calls it an " Olds-Healey" in the two articles I read.
Great car, must be a hoot to drive. 8)

Carnut

Quote from: WayneB on August 16, 2013, 11:20:28 AM
He calls it an " Olds-Healey" in the two articles I read.
Great car, must be a hoot to drive. 8)

That's it!
Probably a bit front-heavy though..  Or maybe it's a lighter engine than the original 4-banger, I don't know!
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4popoid

From what I've read, Schnerk claims the weight distribution is pretty well equalized due to the fact that he moved the V8 back about a foot and a half relative to the original 4 cyl.

Otto Puzzell

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The claimed weight gain is not the great...

"My advice is to get the biggest engine available and mount it back as far as possible. A stock 1954 Healey has a curb weight of 2300# with 50/50 front-to-rear weight distribution. My car, with its big-block Olds engine has a curb weight of 2486#, with 47/53 front-to-rear weight distribution. The engine setback is 23.3 percent. (In other words, the engine's number 1 spark plug is 21" back along the car's 90" wheelbase.)"

In the end, with a name like his, we shouldn't be surprised that he like putting putting into places for which they were not nominally designed. ;)
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