The British Invasion----well just their cars
10-11-2011, 06:20 PM
#21
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Was this the one, Bill? Forgot to post this pic earlier
10-12-2011, 06:08 AM
#22
No. the XK 150 was bright red with a tan top. It was parked under a tree on the edge of the field near the paved parking across from the water.
10-12-2011, 06:10 AM
#23
Beautiful Healy, LB.
I have had several Bugeye Sprites over the years. It was actually my first car, but the first one didn't run, so maybe it doesn't count. I did drive it home though, before I took it apart. I never paid more than $250 for any of them, and never sold one for more than $300 or so. Yesterday I found a nice one for sale in San Francisco, asking price was $13,900!
I have had several Bugeye Sprites over the years. It was actually my first car, but the first one didn't run, so maybe it doesn't count. I did drive it home though, before I took it apart. I never paid more than $250 for any of them, and never sold one for more than $300 or so. Yesterday I found a nice one for sale in San Francisco, asking price was $13,900!
Yeah, I'm still mad at myself for selling my last Bugeye. I got $7K for it in 2002. It would easily bring $10K today. I had five of them over the years. I probably won't get another one. I want something different next.
10-12-2011, 06:14 AM
#24
Hope I don't offend anyone but as much as I love the 140/150 Jag's looks, driving one is like sitting on a park bench IMHO.
10-12-2011, 07:10 AM
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10-12-2011, 11:18 AM
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10-17-2011, 01:42 PM
#28
Bill, if you have not seen this, you might enjoy seeing the Big Healey’s in this golden age of rallying video (’58-‘68) a buddy just sent me. The link to the 23 minute video on YouTube about the early days of rallying was produced by the Ford Rally Division.
Mini’s and other British iron is featured as well. Only one MGA for a brief second.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TClxDryVT9Y
Mini’s and other British iron is featured as well. Only one MGA for a brief second.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TClxDryVT9Y
10-17-2011, 08:06 PM
#29
Thanks for that link Dave. I enjoyed it. Pat Moss and Ann Wisdom are mentioned several times. They had an outright win in the big Healey at Monte Carlo and the factory was ecstatic. Decades later, Pat and the car were reunited at an Austin Healey meet in the US. Pat was invited to drive the car again and she quickly declined. When asked why, she answered that during the time she raced it, she was always certain that the car would eventually kill her. Having survived all the races, she wasn't keen to give the car another chance. The big Healeys prepared for rally were quite powerful and quite a handful.
10-19-2011, 04:37 PM
#30
Love the Healey Bill. Very nice work on the restoration. I'm glad you've kept the car alive.
I had a '65 3000 from about 1967 through 1972. I put about 120,000 miles on it; and it spent three miserable winters in Syracuse. It was a great toboggan through snow drifts on I-81 as all 4 wheels would come off the ground and it would ride through on the frame.
When I was dating my wife, her best friend's father told me that he would never let his daughter marry someone who was stupid enough to own a British sports car.
Still I wanted to keep the Healey for a restoration after I was in Connecticut, but had no garage. So it had to go.
In 2006, I went shopping for another Healey, but in the end I bought the S2000. And then I got the racing disease and bought the MGA. It's fun, but not the same.
At the Goodwood Revival in England a couple of years ago, I was very surprised to see large numbers of Healeys, Jags and other classic cars of every description. Anything built prior to 1967 were directed to park in an enormous lot - there had to be two thousand classics - and that was just on a Friday! I spent hours just wandering around the parking lot and missed about half of the day's events.
You might consider joining the VSCCA if you are not alreadyt a member. They do quite a number of events throughout the Northeast that are not racing.
I had a '65 3000 from about 1967 through 1972. I put about 120,000 miles on it; and it spent three miserable winters in Syracuse. It was a great toboggan through snow drifts on I-81 as all 4 wheels would come off the ground and it would ride through on the frame.
When I was dating my wife, her best friend's father told me that he would never let his daughter marry someone who was stupid enough to own a British sports car.
Still I wanted to keep the Healey for a restoration after I was in Connecticut, but had no garage. So it had to go.
In 2006, I went shopping for another Healey, but in the end I bought the S2000. And then I got the racing disease and bought the MGA. It's fun, but not the same.
At the Goodwood Revival in England a couple of years ago, I was very surprised to see large numbers of Healeys, Jags and other classic cars of every description. Anything built prior to 1967 were directed to park in an enormous lot - there had to be two thousand classics - and that was just on a Friday! I spent hours just wandering around the parking lot and missed about half of the day's events.
You might consider joining the VSCCA if you are not alreadyt a member. They do quite a number of events throughout the Northeast that are not racing.
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