Anyway, a quick update mainly for my own benefit. It's relating to the bodywork. An LCB member posted a link to an Ebay ad where the bodywork was on offer. I won't post a link here as it's very unlikely the link will work for more than 30 days. However, hopefully kitbitsdirect won't mind me posting one of the pictures;
This was the shell I saw at Stoneleight 2015, and was only the second shell I'd seen of this particular Healey rep (the other being the completed white car). What I didn't notice initially is that this car has no wide arches, and comparing it to the white one;
Makes it look like a very different car. I can't say better or worse at the moment, just 'different'.
The point of this is that the standard kit was on offer for £449 (the narrow car), with an extra £200 for the wide arched version. Those are mega cheap prices, about half what I'd actually budgeted for. Even the wide arched version is still cheaper than expected, or even what it was advertised for as an 'offer' at Stoneleigh. The only thing will be pick up from Derby, but I'm sure a couple of hours with a borrowed transit will resolve that issue.
Now some techie details (for my own benefit). The wheelbase for the car is adjustable (as I remember from before). Standard is 92.5 inches, with an option to shorten it to 87.5 inches if necessary (so 5 inches of adjustment). And of course it can be extended if it's too short.
The width of the car is different for the two bodies (as expected). For the standard body, it's 54.5 at the front and 58.5 at the back. The wide arched body is 62 at the front and 67 at the back.
I am leaning towards the narrow body, just because it's closer to the original in terms of looks. Even the rally cars shied away from wide arches. So now I just need to measure my chassis and see what I can get away with!!
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