-
Year of manufacture1967
-
Car typeConvertible / Roadster
-
DriveRHD
-
ConditionUsed
-
Exterior brand colourHealey Blue
-
Interior colourOther
-
Interior typeLeather
-
Location
-
Exterior colourOther
-
GearboxManual
-
Drivetrain2wd
-
Fuel typePetrol
Description
COYS Auction - 'The Jaguar Legend'
Blenheim Palace,
Woodstock,
Oxfordshire OX20 1PX
Saturday 17th July 2010 at 1pm
Registration Number: KOM 525E Chassis Number: 4BJ8-L41756
Donald Healey was active in motor sport well before World War II, his achievements including an outright win with an Invicta in the Monte Carlo Rally and no less than six Alpine Cups. He drove and designed cars for Triumph from 1934 to 1939, but after the war he decided to go it alone and produced a series of sports cars using Riley and Nash engines that soon ran up an impressive number of successes in events such as the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia and the 24 hour races at Spa and Le Mans. In 1952 he showed his Healey 100 at the London Motor Show. This used the four cylinder, 2.6 litre Austin A90 engine and, by the time the show closed, Healey had been signed up by the Austin Motor Co., which would make the car as the Austin Healey.
The ultimate Healey model came in early 1964 with the introduction of
