[Healeys] The California

[HealeyRick]

The things I find interesting about  this car is it's steel bodied, rather
than fiberglass and that no one seems to know its history.  It was apparently
found in LA and there's a lot of speculation that it was a prototype for a
Universal Plastics creation called the Cougar GT or
Monza:   http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=9386    More WAGs here: 
http://bringatrailer.com/2011/03/01/bring-a-trailer-whatzit-55/

Rick


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--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Derek Job <derek.c.job at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Derek Job <derek.c.job at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] The California
To: "Jackson Krall" <jackson_krall at yahoo.com>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 4:56 AM

Although I would always prefer the original shape, a classic of 1950s sports
car design, I have to say that for a mid 1960s kit car design that body
shape is pretty damn good. I think it works from pretty much all angles.

The thing is though, it's no longer really a Healey so you may as well go
the whole way and drop a small block chevy in it.

It's unique and attractive but I wonder who is going to pay 69,000 dollars
for it.

Derek