Borås Motor Corporation AB http://www.concourshealeys.com Concours Austin Healeys Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hofsnäs Sportscar Show 2010 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1542 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1542#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:16:03 +0000 admin http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1542

Hofsnäs Sportscar Show 2010

Jari Kyllergård, Ola Grahm and Alfa GTV. Next stop Studio 54 Austin Healey Club of Sweden line up Anders Schildts Racing Big Healey Austin Healey Racing Sweden Three Healey afficianados. PG Johansson, A Schildt and L Bustrén Per Olof Heiwalls BT7 Per Olof Heiwalls BT7 and Lars Bustréns BJ8 PG Johanssons BJ8. Soft top installed by us PG Johanssons BJ8. Soft top by us Johan Ernbert and his magnificient Alfa Spider Alfa Special. Really awesome! Alfa special My daughter Siri likes 550 Maranellos. Me too... Alfa theme. 100 years anniversary Fiat owns Ferrari... Fiat Dino Convertible. Just beautiful Porsche 904 GTS. The most impressive car of the day 904 GTS from the rear Great setting for a car show Wonderful untouched 300 SL Patina Tomas "Loket" Olssons scary 505 BHP Corvette Volvo P1900 There were bikes as well Austin Healey Club Big Healeys Anders Schildts Racing Healey sponsored by us Impressive lines Anders Schildts racing car and PG Johanssons BJ8 Hofsnäs Sportscar Show 2010 Aston Martin Club More Big Healeys ]]> http://www.concourshealeys.com/?feed=rss2&p=1542 0 Mercedes Benz Museum Stuttgart, Germany http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1434 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1434#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:09:34 +0000 admin http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1434 Again apologies for the somewhat poor picture quality

Mercedes-Benz Museum

Mrecedes-Benz 320 Stromlinien-Limousine, 1939 Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 PS Type S Tourenwagen, 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK, 1928 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Spezial-Roadster, 1936 500 K Interior 500 K Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut-Coupé", 1955 "Uhlenhaut Coupé" "Uhlenhaut Coupé" "Uhlenhaut Coupé" "Uhlenhaut Coupé" Mercedes-Benz 770 "Grosser Mercedes" Cabriolet F, 1932 The new SLS and other super cars Mercedes-Benz SSK, 1928 Early Seventies Wankel engine experimental car CLK-GTR SLS "Prayer book" Road notes as used by Jenks on -55 Mille Miglia Interior of impressive building Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Mille Miglia, 1955. Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson Mercedes-Benz 2,5-l-Rennwagen W 196 R, 1955 Mercedes-Benz 2,5-l-Stromlinienrennwagen W 196 R, 1955 Mercedes-Benz 2,5-l-Rennwagen W 196 R, 1955 Mercedes-Benz 750-kg-Rennwagen W 25, 1934 Silberpfeil! Silberpfeil! Mercedes-Benz Design Mercedes-Benz Museum ]]> http://www.concourshealeys.com/?feed=rss2&p=1434 0 Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1383 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1383#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:25:14 +0000 admin http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1383 These photos are also taken with my Iphone. So again apologies for the quality.

Porsche Museum

Porsche Museum Beetle Type 1 Porsche Type 360 Cisitalia, 1947 Porsche Gmünd Roadster, 1948 Gmünd Roadster Porsche 356/2 Coupé, 1948 Porsche 356/2 Gmünd Cabriolet, 1949 Gmünd Cabriolet Porsche 356 America Roadster, 1953 Porsche 550 A Spyder Porsche 718 W-RS Spyder, 1962 Porsche 908/03 Spyder, 1970 Porsche 550 A Spyder, 1956 Porsche 356 1500 Coupé, 1954 Porsche 356 Speedster, 1955 Porsche 356 SL Coupé Porsche 911 2.0 Coupé, 1964 Porsche 908 LH Coupé, 1969 Porsche 906 Carrera 6, 1966 Porsche Racing Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Coupé, 1973 Porsche 935/78 "Moby Dick", 1978 Porsche 961, 1986 Porsche 962 C Le Mans, 1987 Porsche 924 Baustufe 1, 1974 Porsche 911 GT1 98, 1998 Row of Porsche 917´s Porsche 911 SC "Safari", 1981 ]]> http://www.concourshealeys.com/?feed=rss2&p=1383 0 Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse, France http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1348 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1348#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:43:40 +0000 admin http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1348 These photos are taken with my Iphone. The picture quality is not as good as usual. My apologies for this.

Schlumpf Collection

Citroen Berline 7A, 1934 Panhard-Levassor Alfa Romeo Ferrari Biplace Sport 250MM, 1952 Ferrari Coupe 250 LM, 1964. Swedish car. Only 2000 km since new. Panhard-Levassor Bugatti Biplace Course type 35C, 1926 Amilcar Monoplace Decalee Co, 1926 Mercedes-Benz Biplace Sport 38/250SS, 1929 Race Bugattis in a row More race cars Silberpfeile ! Maserati 1936 and 1939 Gordini Type 16, 1953 and Ferrari F2 500/625, 1952 Ferrari F2 166, 1948 and Cisitalia D 46, 1948 Maserati 250F, 1958 and Ferrari F2 500/625, 1952 Maserati 250F, 1958 and Gordini Type 32, 1956 Vintage F1 starting grid French Race Cars Lotus Type 18, 1961 and Type 24, 1962 Lotus Type 24, 1962 Modern F1 starting grid Bugatti Type 35B Bugatti "Atalante" Type 57 SC, 1936 Beautiful! Low slung rear axle Schlumpf Collection ]]> http://www.concourshealeys.com/?feed=rss2&p=1348 0 Austin Healey Club of Sweden 40:th Anniversary http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1202 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1202#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:43:02 +0000 admin http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1202

Beautiful BN7 at the start of the Rally

BBQ at the boat house Having a good time Ulf Håkansson and Nicke Enhörning A great BN2 and a great BJ8 An ermine amongst the cats Great cars Sören Olaussons magnificient low mileage tri carb Thomas Nordbergs BN7 and Mats Svanbergs BT7 "Mr Austin" of Sweden with wife Kerstin Lars and Eva-Lena Bustrens BJ8 Lars BJ8 with 278° cam and three HD8´s Rally start in Hindås BJ8 Beautiful BN7 at the start of the Rally BN7 Off they go Mr and Mrs Aggeryd Aggeryd junior Mr and Mrs Bustren Göran Utter and wife Lasse Engvall in a real good car Bosse Johansson and wife Börje Engvall in his beautiful Sprite Torsten Jönssons BJ8 and Bengt Larssons BT7 An unknown but very handsome British visitor Gunnar Berger and Claes Aggestig in BT7 with triple Webers Sigge Hammarnäs and wife Hedareds stave church. The only one remaining in Sweden Interior of Hedared stave church Disaster struck for Johan Aggeryd, with a broken pinion Changing the pumpkin at BMC workshop The day is saved for Johan. He takes off in the pouring rain. ]]> http://www.concourshealeys.com/?feed=rss2&p=1202 0 Austin Healey BN1 -55 for sale http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1060 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1060#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 18:24:27 +0000 admin http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1060

This very nice white BN1 is for sale. If interested please e-mail.

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Welcome with all of your enquires.

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Interior custom made by us and for us

Completed and ready for delivery Interior as close to original as possible with the materials of today The place to be Interior custom made by us and for us I wish it was mine! What a great profile Beautiful and drives like a charm Engine detailed according to American concours standards Mildly tuned engine. The complete interior Great color combination Our latest and without doubt greatest restoration Very rare nos trafficator for non-adjustable steering wheel K&N air filters, since current repros are not really up for the work A real beauty Correct in every detail Full concours detailing Full aluminium body with perfect fit All systems go! Test driving gave no unpleasant surprises Rear quarter view, always impressive Badge It looks like a dream but more important drives like one Front quarter view Almost finished! Bonnet with a fit second to none Bonnet grille and top cowl Ash tray Door catch finisher plate Nos windscreen washer pump. Works well as opposed to reproductions Boot lid fits just as it should Factory fit after a lot of work on our part. Aluminium door that fits perfectly. Vacuum advance pipe Interior door handle. The door shuts and opens with the "Mercedes Benz feel" Interior custom made by us to correct original specs Work in progress Correctly detailed boot. Solid rivets at rear skirt. Custom made door panels. Much better than prefabricated. Perfect body panel fit Perfect fit of the hood and perfect door shut lines Sidescreen mounted Hood finished Distributor mounted to the engine Distributor refurbished with all nos Lucas parts Nos sparkplug lead and nos distributor cap Original hood frame Loop made of webbing Tonneau cover with Tenax fasteners Tonneau cover fitted Next the Everflex shall be folded over the header rail Almost finished Rear finished Header rail in place but work begins at the rear This hood doesn´t fit very well. Something has to be done. Completed header rail Upholstering the header rail Car with complete interior Completed seats Completed interior Seat back Seat cover sewn in England according to our correct template. Glueing seat covers Waiting for the cover Doing the foam and padding Rechromed bumper with aluminium front valance Rechromed original bumper fitted Windscreen on the car. It worked despite bad rubber seal Rechromed original Eversure rear view mirror Engine compartment near completion Door panel and anodized cockpit moulding Passenger door Door installed and painted Boot lid installed All aluminium body Looking good New rubber seal pops out and thus needs to be glued. -Not good! Exterior door handle and door lock Aluminium door Door panel fitted Trimming leather cloth Glueing leather cloth Door liners fitted Door being assembled Painted door Instruments Instruments in place and hooked up Horn mounted in its place Horn Horns completed and painted in the correct color Original choke wire with locking mechanism Back side of instruments Expertedly restored instruments Completed rear seat area Wooden block for draught excluder in place Anodized aluminium cockpit mouldings Wooden block Dressing up wooden block for draught excluder Completed seat pans in place Completed front sides Completed back sides Stitched in place Stitching rear seat cover to pan Remove foam that for some reason is stitched to the back of the leather Oil filter assembly Cushions completed Seat frames completed Seat frames to be upholstered with leather cloth Pleated area of seat cover glued to foam Fabric glued to the middle part for reinforcement Foams secured to the pans with some thin fabric Foams glued to seat pans Seat foams "drilled" in order to make them softer Finished seat back Finished seat back Upholstering the rear seat back Head lamps and indicators in place Changing the head light harness to original type Rechromed original bumper Boot nearly there Original battery cable Reflector and indicator Original battery master switch and bracket Changing the knob to correct short original type Draught excluder and sill cover Original SU fuel pump Restored original Smiths fuel sending unit Fuel tank Quarter panel installed and completed Carpet set made in England to our spec. Much better than any prefabricated set. Cushion on transmission tunnel stitched in place Masking before painting Old English White Interior well on the way Stitching makes the final touch Completed door panel Under side Under side Bleeding the brakes and the clutch Refurbished starter armature Starter armature Hood frame Milling angled shims for door lock Hood frame Trial fitting of doors before painting OEW Rolling the car for calibration of speedo Routing of pipes and cables Lucas helmet battery terminal and cotton covered battery cable Stitched door liner panel Trial fitted rear quarter panel Back side Finished quarter panel Glueing leather cloth to rear quarter panel Countersunk rivet on rear quarter panel Finished backside Glueing backside leather cloth Cutting backside leather cloth Backside Finished front sides Trimmed cotton wadding Cotton wadding glued in place Fitting the trim screws Bending the rear quarter panels Making rear quarter panels Front suspension complete Carbs and radiator in place Capillary tubing in place Cleaning threads for water temp sender Dual gauge and blanking plug for some Swedish cars Dual gauge Heater pipe and attaching hardware Heater pipe Blanking plug for starter button aperture Heater pipe and attaching hardware Primary aligment of front wheels Rechromed original bumper Rubber seal and dashtop with piping Dashtop with all hardware installed Dashtop in place White piping Flip side Leathercloth as original Rubber seal attached with split rivets Wadding is glued to the wood Rubber foam glued to the wood Rubber foam taped in place while glue cures Fitting the hardware Fitting the panel before upholstery The finished product Leathercloth Parcel shelf Leathercloth on door liners New door liners Door liner panels being fitted Template for door panel Dash top wood being made Templates for rear quarter panels Dash top wood being fitted Making of rear quarter panels Tubular exhaust with heat wrap Duo tone Ice Blue Metallic over Old English White Fitting of the gearbox tunnel Primed horns Back side HF 1748 Restoring Lucas HF 1748 Horns HF 1748 horn Presssure testing rerouted front tubular exhaust manifold Fitting tubular exhaust manifold Rerouting manifold New pieces butwelded to manifold Cut manifold Installed gearbox Installed engine Engine in place Girling ckutch slave cylinder Shut pillar Badge Grille and Austin Healey badge Grille installed Grille aperture with lower grille lip Heater fan housing and ducts Collapsible steering and fresh air duct Car waiting for drivetrain to be installed Heater and dash Dash and steering lock Heater in place Collapsible steering column Dashboard in place Dashboard dressed up Heater completed Heater being assembled Steering column with nos lock Provision for lock on new column New steering column Nos steering wheel lock as supplied to some Swedish cars For steering wheel lock Original steering column with provision for lock Engine compartment Engine compartment Rear axle Painted wings Front suspension Rear inner hub Engine compartment Fitting the dashboard Refurbished underside Solid rivets as original at rear skirt Back to the shop for assembly Looks good Healey Ice Blue Metallic Primed and sealed seams Chassis mounted in "roaster" prior to painting Chassis shotblasted prior to painting Aluminium body Pressing in the overdrive oil pump Restored gearbox Overdrive disassembled Rear seat area Chassis and aluminium body taking shape Body work on the way Disassembled gearbox Gearbox and overdrive parted Disassembling gearbox Checking engine tolerances with plastelina Reconditioned and gas flowed head Body work with simple jig for aligment of front lights Adjusting the camshaft Assembled block Assembled block with milled valve pockets Painted with correct engine color derived from spectrometer test Block ready for painting Valve pockets about to be milled Sheet metal work Checking the sizes of the crank Disassembly of engine Beautiful aluminium body panels Bare chassis All paint and filler ground off front shroud A lot of work ahead Starting disassembly ]]> http://www.concourshealeys.com/?feed=rss2&p=340 0 High quality restorations of Big Healeys http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1 http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 11:00:21 +0000 admin http://www.concourshealeys.com/?p=1

The place to be!

The place to be!

Original fram

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Master metal craftsman Hans Syrén at work

Master metal craftsman Hans Syrén at work

Restorers of concours winning Healeys, Road, Race and Rally. Welcome with all of your enquires.

magnuskarlsson@bornet.net

Boras Motor Corporation AB
Magnus Karlsson
Husbondegatan 36 B
SE-507 60 Borås
Sweden
phone: +46(0)703 933349

Please visit “A Head 4 Healeys” website.
They offer great service and quality parts for your Healey.
http://www.ahead4healeys.co.uk/

All photos © Magnus Karlsson

Fitting sill covers prior to painting Typical fit of repro parts, from the same supplier Checking clearance of rear Weber. Most critical on LHD car Trying Webers for space Our master panel beater Hans Syrén Some sheet metal work in progress Preparing to machine pistons to proper deck height Measuring deck height of pistons Valve pockets ground into block for 300° cam Correct way of finishing soft top ends on BT7 Door panel Aluminium sill covers and door seal Edge brush painted as original Wooden block covered in leather cloth Full race headers to suit triple HD8 SU:s Wooden block for finisher of draught seal Aluminium sill covers Front under side Rear under side Rubber mat on front gearbox cover with correct rivets Cut down pedal box Cut down peadal box to make space for big triple carbs on LHD car Correct type solid rivets at rear skirt Insulating inner wings before fitting of aluminium shroud Correct old type battery Starter solenoid with correct cotton covered battery cable Correct fuel pump and correct steel fuel pipes Restored correct front damper Correct fuel line elbow, through bulkhead to tank Restoring heater fan Restored heater unit Restoring wiper motor BN4 all body work made by us BN4 All aluminium body Ready for delivery to customer who will assemble on his own Balancing steel crank for a 100 Making crank rear oil seal on 100 block Very nice -59 BN7! Our most recent and by far absolute best restoration 3000 MKI Drives incredibly well, very fast and full concours detailing Front quarter view. Gerry Cooker sure knew his trade. Ready to hit the road... What a profile! Rear quarter view. Tonneau The cockpit Restored original badge Off the production line :-) Tachometer, Swiss perfection! By Andys Healey Team Switzerland The place to be! Occasional rear seats Completed concours interior Nice color combination Concours interior Plenty of power! NOS Smith´s tacho wire Race engine in road car Alu head, triple HD8´s, forged pistons, fully balanced etc.etc. Recent restoration Recent complete restoration. Restored from the frame and up Dunlop wires 1963 Austin Healey MKII. Completely restorde by us. Austin Healey 3000 MKII 100 and 3000 One owner BN1 The best Swedish concours car in the eighties Works Rally Replica built by us Rally replica. Seriously fast 230 BHP Very nice BN2 Installed carpet set Rear deck trim Boot BN2 Soft top BN2 BN2 soft top Soft top on a BJ7 BJ8 Soft top Soft top BJ8 installed by us Restoration -62 BT7 Triple carb Restoring steering boxes Restored engines and rear axles Newly restored engines Steel crank and steel con rods for race engine Steel crank in race engine Twelve bolt steel flywheel on race engine built by BMC AB Race engine Unrestored engine being dismantled Cleaned block ready for assembly Crank shaft installed in block Adjustment of the cam shaft Checking the volume Checking the tolerances Checking valve tolerances Eight bolt aluminium flywheel All our overdrives are tested in our purpose built test rig Straight cut gears Limited slip differential Close ratio straight cut gears Front seat being upholstered by us Installing seat covers Cushions being upholstered The finished cushions The finished seat Jute carpet insulation laid in place Rear quarter panels custom made and fitted Finished rear quarter panel Custom made door panel Complete interior fitted by us Carpet and quarter panel Installation of engine and gearbox Restored gearbox and overdrive Refurbished dashboard Quality instrument restored in Switzerland by Andys Healey Team Restored interior Tonneau cover fitted by us Soft top fitted by us
Dunlop wires

Dunlop wires

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magnuskarlsson@bornet.net

Boras Motor Corporation AB
Magnus Karlsson
Husbondegatan 36 B
SE-507 60 Borås
Sweden
phone: +46(0)703 933349

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