On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, at around 14:32:36 local time, Richard Feibusch
<rfeibusch1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Gang,
>I think Bill is close if not correct - I've looked through my vast
>collection of Brit stuff and could not find a picture or artwork that
>depicts this exact car - maybe it was a one-off or never built - It
>looks a lot like a number of cars Donald Healey built on Riley RM
>series chassis before he was working with Austin or Nash. But not
>exactly - and the door handles also throw me...........
Dear Rick,
Not quite a one-off. According to sources on the WWW, Healey made a
whole 23 of these cars between 1948 and 1950. (No wonder it was so
hard to identify!). I haven't found anything to confirm that it was
built on the Riley RM chassis, but it certainly had the 2.4 litre Riley
engine.
ATB
--
Mike
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Connie - 1968 Conifer Triumph Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Triumph Spitfire 1500 FH105671
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