[Healeys] Non Standard Colours

[Patrick and Caroline Quinn]

G'day Josef

Austin-Healeys were only delivered to Australia as complete cars and never
as CKD - kits. 

Just over a 1,000 100s, 106 100/6s and just 23 3000s of all models were
imported here new.

By the way all proper Healeys were made at Warwick. Just 1,185 proper or
real Healey cars were made by the Donald Healey Motor Company between 1946
and 1954. What most of us have on this list are Austin-Healeys - a very
different motor car.

Hoo Roo

Sydney, Australia

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From: healeys-bounces+p_cquinn=tpg.com.au at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+p_cquinn=tpg.com.au at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com
Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2007 9:43 PM
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Subject: [Healeys] Non Standard Colours

All the CKD-kits (Completely Knocked Down) delivered to South Africa and
Australia? were delivered with the bodies in "undercoat" primer only.
These cars got their paint at the "assemblies". That was at BMC
Blackheath works near Cape Town for South African cars. Aside Sprites
and others about 104 to 107 Healey 100/6 were delivered to this
destination in kit form due to tax reasons. These cars have got a
special chassis plate which gives the colour they were painted. These
colours differ completely from the usual Healey colours. For these cars
you cannot get a Heritage certificate, as they were not assembled in
Abingdon. But they are to say it proper Healeys. Quite a challange to
judge one of these at concours.

Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/GERMANY