[Healeys] [Fwd: Re: Donald Healey Mini]

[tomfelts at windstream.net]

I bought my first E-Type from Donald Healey Motor Co, LTD in Warwick.  Would this be the same one referred to here?

Tom
---- Joe and Lenore Armour <sebring at illawarra.hotkey.net.au> wrote: 
> Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com wrote:
> 
> >Most Austin-Healeys were built by BMC and the factory was in
> >Longbridge/Abingdon. DMH only had some special rights to modify some with
> >works guarantee. I mean the 100Ms.  And place suggestions for further
> >development of the Austin-Healey models. And DMH at times has got the rights
> >from BMC to prepare the works Rally and Race cars for them.
> >So DMH in Warwick was just a modifier and "Consultant" for BMC and the
> >Austin-Healey cars left BMC factory.
> >
> >Josef Eckert
> >Konigswinter/Germany
> >
> >JOSEF,
> >  
> >
> Rally Austin Healeys were built by the old MG Competitions Dept. which 
> became known as BMC Competitions Dept. They did MG's and Mini's as well 
> as Austin Healeys.
> 
> Completely seperate and much smaller was the Donald Healey Moter 
> Company, a seperate and independant British business that applied to 
> Austin/BMC for a budget to build mainly road racing cars for publicity 
> from competing at Sebring in March, and LeMans in June. The Targa Florio 
> was often entered. All these cars had chassis plates that did not 
> mention AUSTIN HEALEY only the name HEALEY. Usually they were Healey 
> Blue with white hardtops for 3000's. Sprites were red, or orange or 
> green. Early Healey 100's were green. See Bill Emerson's excellant 'The 
> Healey Book' for photographs of these chassis plates.
> You may not like it but the first owners of a freshly built Works Rally 
> Healey were -----  MG Company. Painted red and white.
> First licensed /registered owner of the HEALEY chassis plate cars were 
> Donald Healey Motor Co.
> 
> >From late 100/6s production Healeys were delivered from Jensen without 
> motor, gearbox and wheels to the MG Factory for final assembly at Abingdon.
> 
> Joe
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