[Healeys] Short wheelbase Healey on Ebay!

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 22:13:58 MDT 2008


Peter - I thought there was a Ferrari V8 they dropped into a chassis at
Warwick, but then it never went past putting it in a chassis to see if it
fit.  - Alan

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Patrick and Caroline Quinn <
p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> G'day
>
> Both my Healey and Austin-Healey are in a barn and that's where I find
> them
> every time I go look.
>
> I've been quiet of late, but I've been keeping an eye on everything you
> blokes get up to. To tell the truth there really hasn't been anything of
> worth to comment on. Except to report on the 10+ Austin-Healeys racing at
> the Bathurst circuit over Easter.
>
> By the way there never was/is a long lost Ferrari V8 Healey, as it was
> really a 210bhp (small Italian horses) 2.5 litre four-cylinder Ferrari
> engine 100S chassis/streamliner driven by Peter Collins at Nassau. It also
> had a 5-speed transaxle at the rear.
>
> Eventually the DHMC put the complete Ferrari back together and sold it on.
> It still exists and is worth squillions.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia


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