Some nutter in the UK is restoring that abomonation.
On 6/30/11, Rich Chrysler <richchrysler at quickclic.net> wrote:
> Yes, but ugly is ugly and I couldn't give it garage space. No wonder they
> used it simply as an engineering exercise and then sent it on its way.
>
> It's very much the same scenario as Warwick built BN3/4 we pulled out of a
> field in Southern Ontario back in the mid '80's. A whole collection of
> engineering ideas were being tried out including frame spacing of 21" rather
> than the stock 17", longer wheel base, quarter elliptic rear springs for the
> C series rear axle, 6 cylinder engine with gallery head, custom aluminum
> radiator with header tank tapered down to fit forward under the stock 4
> cylinder style front shroud, hydraulic master cylinders rigged on a crude
> fabricated weldment bracket in the engine bay so the pedal brackets could
> hang down, central fuel filler over the rear axle, elongated rear fenders to
> reach forward to the BN1 style early doors. It was very homely as can be
> seen in Bill Emerson's book.
>
> It just wasn't meant to be seen by the public according to Geoff Healey at
> the time we found it. When told about it he groaned in a rather disgusted
> tone, "Oh, it's turned up, has it? Wasn't meant to be".
>
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at
> autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Editorgary at aol.com
> Sent: 2011-06-29 1:07
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Checker Cab Healey
>
> In a message dated 6/29/11 9:04:34 AM, healeys-request at autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
>> Betreff: [Healeys] 1960 Austin Healey X230
>>
>> Is this the same that was for sale in Europe a couple years ago?
>>
>
>> Randy,
>> It is the same car. Think they could not sell it in Europe. Now they try
>> in
>> the US with a silly price tag.
>> Be careful with that car. There are a lot of doubts that its genuine.
>>
>> Josef Eckert
>> Konigswinter/Germany
>>
> That Healey has been kicking around the "collector car" market for so long,
> real or not, it's acquired its own peculiar provenance. ("This car is so
> old, even Donald Healey didn't believe it when he first saw it.")
>
> Must be worth something just for that.
>
> G.
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