[Healeys] Your iconic Healey

[Noel and Helen standfast]

Joe

I agree it's good for us grey heads to reminisce about our first Healey 
sighting.  Back in about 1969 I was a car mad cadet laboratory tech and 
one of the blokes in the lab owned a hot FJ Holden that I thought was 
the greatest thing.  That was until he took me up to the local shopping 
centre one lunch time to meet a mate of his (Kerry Horgan the local 
pharmacist) who owned a Healey 100.  Parked outside the chemist shop was 
the BRG Canberra Speed Shop BN1 which apart from Helen Tregea in 
haematology, was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.  I vowed then 
and there to own a Big Healey and as I was earning about $17 per week it 
was a pipe dream.  However I finally managed to buy a 100-Six in a 
bucket from Carl Stecher and despite my poor prospects and propensity to 
waste money on old cars also married Helen.  Those were the days my friend

compliments of the season to all the listers


Noel S