[Healeys] Interesting 1958 footage of a Healey 100 at Bridgehampton, NY

[R. Price Lindsay]

Thanks Mark.  Very cool!!

Price Lindsay
67 BJ 8





On Aug 18, 2012, at 7:34 AM, Mark Goodman wrote:

> This was forwarded to me:
>
>
>
> All,
>
> Once upon a time, when I first joined EMCC, I showed some 8mm movies taken
> back in the '50s showing the sports cars of that era.
> As one EMCC member said in awe, "There's millions of dollars of sports cars
> there!"
>
> Besides Ferraris, Maseratis and the like, the 1954 Austin Healey 100 was
one
> of the first affordable sports cars that didn't look like a British box.
> I had one, and I raced it (SCCA et al).  In addition to having fun at the
> races, an 8mm camera mounted on the car captured the action.
>
> Some of those films have been converted to DVD, and one of them, which was
> taken at the opening day of Bridgehampton Raceway
> on Long Island, September 13-14, 1958, is posted on line.
>
> My silver Austin Healey 100 has the number 144 when parked in the pits, and
> number 222 during the race.
>
> This film will be the centerpiece of the newly created Bridgehampton Racing
> Historical Society (BRCHC) exhibit to be opened in Bridgehampton
> later this fall in conjunction with the Bridgehampton Historical Society.
> It will also be shown at the next meeting of the Manhattan Sports Car
> Driving
> and Chowder Society, held monthly at Sardi's Restaurant in NYC.
>
> With apologies to the members of EMCC who have seen it all, here, for the
> newer members, is the film:
>
> http://www.videoconversionexperts.com/Online_Video/Stanfill_F1310.htm
>
> All the Best,
>
> Daniel Stanfill
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