[Healeys] Silverstone - OON 440 and other racing Healeys- photo

[Patrick and Caroline Quinn]

G'day

The Cooper-Jaguar came about when in 1954 Cooper customer Peter Whitehead
wanted to upgrade from his Cooper-Alta to something quicker. 

Whitehead asked old man Charles Cooper and son John to build him a car that
was lighter than his C-type Jaguar.

When built it was the largest and most powerful car to have been built by
Cooper Cars. When finished it weighed 1,848 lbs while the new D-type Jaguar
weighed 1,904 lbs. It was also one of the last front engined Cooper cars
built before they went to the rear engined Cooper Bobtails.

The Whitehead car ended up here in Australia, but has long ago moved back to
Europe.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Derek Job
Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2012 4:05 PM
To: E. A. Driver
Cc: Austin Healey list
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Silverstone - OON 440 and other racing Healeys- photo

Gary,

That's a Jaguar XK engine and the car is a Cooper. I've never seen that
combination before. It was second on the grid. The Healeys numbered 44 and
18 are the ones prepared in a workshop about a mile from my house. The
young guy with the beard is the mechanic that looks after them.

Derek

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Derek Job <derek.c.job at gmail.com> wrote:

> That should of course be 'flames'
>
> Derek
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Derek Job <derek.c.job at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ed,
>>
>> I think you are a big fan of Group C cars. They were there as well but
>> they were based at the new F1 paddock and you needed to take a bus to get
>> over there!. I had so much to see in the other paddock and with the
Healey
>> club that I never made it. I did watch them race though. I was at the end
>> of a straight just before a left hander andit was amazing to see the
fmaes
>> and hear the noise on the overrun.
>>
>> Derek
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:03 AM, E. A. Driver
<edriver at sasktel.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Great photos as usual Derek!  Many thanks for sharing these with the
>>> Healey List!
>>> Ed
>>> Saskatoon
>>> Historian, AHCUSA
>>>
>>> Derek Job wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here are the photos I took on sunday showing more detail of OON 440 as
>>>> well
>>>> as a 100S and 2 100s racing. Plus an amazing Ferrari 1960s Sports car,
>>>> not
>>>> sure
>>>> of the model.