[Healeys] Healeys

[Wm. Severin Thompson]

And after the war, so many things were in short supply. Many of the cars
produced used fasteners that Roger Menadue had saved during the war.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-
> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Quinn, Patrick
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:40 PM
> To: 'Peter Svilans'; healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healeys
> 
> G'day Peter
> 
> The Healey chassis were built in-house at the Donald Healey Motor
> Company.
> When they first set up after WW2 it was in part of a building that also
> made
> cement mixers. All Healey chassis were basically the same, either with
> lengths
> removed for the smaller (shorter) cars such as the Silverstone or
> lengths
> added for the longer cars such as the Tickford.
> 
> At the beginning they had access to an 8ft folding machine which
> limited the
> length of the chassis. This meant that every Healey chassis has the
> same 8
> foot long main chassis and bits were added (or deleted) to suit the
> specific
> bodywork.
> 
> In my Healey Duncan there are extensions after the chassis and behind
> where it
> curves over the rear end, plus a fairly elaborate front structure to
> hold the
> bodywork.
> 
> The first Healey had bodywork by Westland and in total there were 70
> built
> with this body. Westland did not make the chassis.
> 
> There is a quite an active club for real Healeys in the UK and the
> website
> is:
> 
> http://www.healeyowners.co.uk/
> 
> Hoo Roo
> 
> Patrick Quinn