[Healeys] 3000 MK2 Demonstration car Blue Don

[Herbert Miller]

Here is a link to the history of the RR FB60 engine.
http://www.redlemon.co.za/vandenplasprincess/rolls.html

Herb Miller

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Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] 3000 MK2 Demonstration car Blue Don

There were only three Rolls-Healey 4000s, not four.   It is a little-known
fact, but I am the (self-appointed) Rolls-Healey 4000 registrar (I tacked it
onto the end of the BJ8 registry!).  As of today, the RH 4000 registry has a
record of 100% of the cars ;^).

460W1001 is green with black trim.  Owned by Joe Cox in England.
Registration:  TNX-65G
Engine:  40FBAH4444

ADO24/1002 was originally white, but now is red.  Undergoing restoration at
The Healey Factory in Melbourne, Australia in April 2005, owned by Peter
Rowland.
Engine:  F41

624W1628 is white with black trim.  Is, or was, owned by Alan Casavant in
North Carolina.  UK registration:  PWD-663, North Carolina registration:
RRHEALEY
Engine:  HF414
Alan frequently drove the car to events in North Carolina, including the
2005 Conclave in Winston-Salem and the Blue Ridge Mountain tour in 2006.
The car was offered for sale on eBay a year or so ago.  I would have bought
it, but I was a little short at the time.  Don't know if it sold or not.  As
with the BJ8 registry, it takes a little help from my Healey friends around
the world to keep track of them.

The body of the cars is certainly attractive, in my opinion, and the Rolls
Princess engine looks great under the bonnet; but after the wood dash of the
BJ8 I think the '70s style black plastic-looking dash of the 4000 is a tad
disappointing.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
RH-4000 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA



> The RR Healey were indeed very nice looking cars with sumpsous
> interiours. I only saw pictures of one, never seen one in the flesh. The
> extra width suited them very well.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
> gary brierton schreef:
>> I think you are mixing up two Healey events.  There were four RR
>> Healeys, widened and modified in several ways.  These were developed
>> on MkIII's. They were beautiful, although the one I saw was white, my
>> least favorite AH color.  The four eyed AH was tried many years
>> earlier, on a 100-6 and scrapped.  A cobbled together 4-eyed AH, not
>> the original has surfaced from time to time, but it is a complete,
>> latter day creation of various AH parts. Even it's chassis has been
>> questioned.
>> GaryB
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