[Healeys] Aluminum Healey Found - 2nd try to post...

[Scott Willis]

Well, I spoke with my buddy again and he thinks the info is probably lost in
translation from disabled husband to eager wife and that this car is actually
just a standard production Healey with just aluminum cowls. They are asking
$70k for this car found in a field awhile back with engine and drive train
out.

They are dreaming of a big pay off. Not gonna happen. I'll let you know if
there is more to this story.

Scott Willis
59 MGA 1500
60 BN7 Austin Healey Club USA/Bluegrass Austin Healey Club
66 E-Type FHC S1

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> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:33:56 +0000
> From: pdzwig at summaventures.com
> To: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Aluminum Healey Found - 2nd try to post...
>
> Scott,
>
> I'd be surprised if it was one of these. In the first place I thought,
although
> I may be wrong, that all of those bodies were accounted for or "pranged"
quite
> badly in period - see the picture further down the page of Cuomo landing
#25,
> which almost certainly was ally-bodied.
>
> But then those cars are 56/7 and earlier and not 59...
>
> When cars were aluminium bodied in the mid-50a by DMHC they were custom
jobs
> provided by Jensens and were extremely expensive and limited in number. My
guess
> is that any all-aluminium bodies that you come across from that period would
be
> US-manufactured and probably custom.
>
> Peter Dzwig
>
> On 09/11/2013 16:18, HealeyRick wrote:
> > Any chance it's one of the three aluminum bodied 100-6s that ran Sebring
in
> > 1957:  http://www.healeysix.net/Streamliners.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> > "Madman in a death
> > machine"
> > Follow My Nasty Boy Build:  http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Scott Willis <ahpowered at hotmail.com>
> > To: "healeys at autox.team.net" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday,
> > November 9, 2013 10:08 AM
> > Subject: [Healeys] Aluminum Healey Found - 2nd try
> > to post...
> >
> >
> > A Nashville friend who collects Jags and races MGAs called to
> > ask me about a
> > fully aluminum bodied Healey he found in another state that he
> > is interested
> > in buying. The motor is out but with the car.
> > The owner said
> > there were only 3 made and he's asking a lot so I assume
> > he knows what he has.
> > I have not heard of any fully aluminum cars that were built that late in
the
> > game.
> > I told him it must have been a competition car. That's all the info I
> > have.
> > He's calling back to see if he can get more but the owner is elderly and
> > communication is tough. His wife is relaying the info.
> >
> > Have any of you heard
> > of full aluminum bodied cars in 59?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott Willis
> > 59 MGA 1500
> > 60 BN7
> > Austin Healey Club USA/Bluegrass Austin Healey Club
> > 66 E-Type FHC S1