Hello,
i'd be interested in pix of the same cars if you have them.
TIA,
HoYo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>
To: "62bt7" <62bt7@prodigy.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Cc: <OldHealeys@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:24 PM
Subject: RE: 1954 Carrera Panamericana / 1955 ??
> G'day Cobbers
>
> It was bonzer how you all responded with pics of the 1954 Carrera
> Panamericana 100S. With cobbers like that, a bloke is set for life.
>
> By the way just in case someone thought I had made a mistake with the
> year of the event, I didn't. The Carrera Panamericana was run for five
> years between 1950 and 1954 inclusive and there were two 100Ss run in
> the last year.
>
> Later races were cancelled due to the high number of spectator and
> driver injuries and fatalities. That included Carroll Shelby who broke
> his arm in the 100S. The 1954 Carrera Panamericana was one of the first
> events for the new Austin-Healey 100S after it was announced at the 1954
> London Motor Show.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 62bt7 [mailto:62bt7@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:21 PM
> To: Quinn, Patrick; healeys@autox.team.net
> Cc: OldHealeys@aol.com
> Subject: Re: 1954 Carrera Panamericana / 1955 ??
>
> Patrick,
>
> I believe Bill Emerson (oldhealeys@aol.com) was a subsequent owner of
> one of those 100-S', AHS-3808 (shipped 6/6/55 to Austin New York) now
> owned by Wiet Huidekoper in the Netherlands.
>
> I distinctly remember seeing photos of Bill Emerson sitting in the car
> with Carrara Panamericana decals on the wings or shrouds.
>
> In your e-mail, you reference the "1954 Carrera Panamericana".
>
> That must be a typo as my records reflect first production 100-S.
> AHS-3501 was shipped 02/10/1955. Unless you are referring to the five'
> 1953-1954 Special Test Cars.
>
> The above is referenced from the "100-S Golden Anniversary" edition of
> the Austin Healey Magazine, 9-10 / 2004 Austin Healey Club USA.
>
> Hoping this gives you some direction, sounds like a neat project.
> Happy Healeying
> Kirk Kvam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 4:03 PM
> Subject: 1954 Carrera Panamericana
>
>
> > G'day
> >
> > There were two 100Ss entered in the 1954 Carrera Panamericana driven
> by
> > Carroll Shelby/Roy Jackson-Moore and Lance Macklin/Donald Healey.
> > Unfortunately both retired.
> >
> > A professional model maker friend is trying to convince a 1/43 white
> > metal kit manufacturer that a model of the car(s) would be a gigantic
> > seller and is chasing photos/images of the car(s).
> >
> > Does anyone have an image or two of the car(s) that they could email
> to
> > me please?
> >
> > Hoo Roo
> >
> > Patrick Quinn
> > Sydney, Australia
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