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Tim, I completed the transaction with Tim Lynch and am in the process of getting the car titled here in Virginia.Ray,
Congratulations on closing the deal. I hope getting the car home doesn't prove to be too much of a task.
Rdinstel wrote:
There are not a lot of people who can work on a Jensen Healey here, so I was thinking of working with Brian at BMC, where the car is currently located. He is really busy, but seems very honest and helpful. The car actually needs a little more than we first thought - (Snip)... Any thoughts on using BMC?Brian is honest, and he works on all the more common Britcars, including light maintenance on one other J-H. They do a lot of ground-up restorations, and GM 3.1/ 3.4 Litre V6 & 5-spd conversions in every thing from MGAs to Austin Healey 3000s. So they have good skills.
However, no one there is really a J-H or 907 specialist. They recently removed/ replaced the cylinder head on your engine, but I'm curious to learn what torque they used (the JH manual is way out of date). Also, the Dellortos are DHLA 45E, for which there is NO jetting or set-up info in the J-H manual.
I'm sure they can deal with the Girling or Lockheed brakes, Lucas distributor and Lucas electrics... all those bits all pretty generic stuff. But I don't think they are as familiar with the 907 as I would like. And they don't have a proper Borroughs gauge for tensioning the timing belt (I mentioned earlier that I think it's currently too tight). Nor to they have a 4-Tube Manometer for the balancing the Dellortos. IF they have a manual, it would be the JH manual, and not a later Lotus manual. But I have all that stuff.
Overall, they're a good shop, just weak on the 907. I can work with them on that, if they're willing. It's about a 1.5 hr drive each way, so I wouldn't be bopping up there every day. But we should be able to make something happen, especially if the car will be there over the Winter. Plus, the car is already there, in heated/ dry storage. That solves one problem while you figure out how to get the car to Virginia. Hmmm, I might even have to do a test drive before it ships... ;-)
Where in Virginia are you? I have some Lotus friends in that corner of the country, and maybe one of them will have a local shop recommendation. If that works out, you would then have the option of shipping the car now, then having the work done closer to home. Given that option (??), would you rather work now/ ship later, or ship now/ work later? Do you have the skills or the inclination to do the work yourself?
I guess there is one more option. Have the work done now, then 'drive' the car home in the Spring. Just remember that Spring comes later here than it does in Virginia (earlier this year, I was starting to think Spring was never going to arrive). You would require a little extra patience.
Regards,
Tim Engel