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

[Derek Job]

G'Day Patrick

Great info. Kind of appropriate that it was on the front row of the grid
next to a D-Type. I guess that means that the car is the only one of its
type in the world.

The guy that owns Healey number 44 in the photos also owns a Cooper bobtail
with a Coventry Climax engine.

regards

Derek

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Patrick and Caroline Quinn <
p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> 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.