[Healeys] Healeys in Berlin

[Thomas Willig]

It definetly was a Sprite MK2! I have seen the car myself in the museum in
Berlin.

Regards


Thomas


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Von: Alan Seigrist [mailto:healey.nut at gmail.com]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2007 11:19
An: Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com
Cc:
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Healeys in Berlin

Here's the article in TIME from 1963 that tells you the full details:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870394,00.html

You have to admit somehow there was some very romantic notions about the
wall and getting past it, provided you weren't the poor sod stuck behind it
(like my Slovak wife)!

If you read the article closely, you will see that this car had to be a
bugeye sprite because it's the only healey that has "luggage space behind
the seats".  All other sprites had a proper boot, and you would not bea able
to fit behind the seats.

Cheers!

Alan

On 10/11/07, Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com <Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com> wrote:
> Simon,
> It was not a 100/4, one had used a Sprite. I think it was a MK2 or 3.
> The screen was loose fixed to put it off when they reached the
> barrier. The Sprite without screen was low enough to drive through
> under the barrier. This car
> was(/is) on display in the Museum at Check Point Charly, which
> documents all the escapes and failed escapes. Also a Morris Mini (to
> see in the museum) was used cutting out the seat trim to allow a girl
> to be fitted in, just covered with the seat cover. A young guy got his
> girlfriend through the checks that way.
>
> Josef Eckert
>
>
> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Simon Lachlan [mailto:simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2007 07:02
> An: 'Richard Korn'; 'Healey list'
> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Healeys in Berlin
>
> Wasn't one of the first escapes ex East Berlin done in a 100/4 which,
> presumably with screen down, shot under the barrier at Checkpoint Charlie?
> Thereafter there was a dogleg so that one had to go really slow.
> Simon
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Alan

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