[Healeys] Restoration update 1959 BN4

[HealeyRick]

Shelby approached DMH with a plan to put a Chevy motor in a Healey, but it
was a no go.  Chevy wouldn't sell the motors to Healey (probably didn't
want a Corvette competitor) and DMH wouldn't deliver the Healeys, I believe
due to resistance by BMC.  I've heard of a Nasty Boy being built by Shelby,
but have never been able to substantiate it nor seen any reference to it in
the Shelby books.  I don't think Shelby ever constructed a Healey, but the
Shelby-Healey refers to one that was built by Shelby mechanic Ted Sutton,
who put a small block Ford in his personal Healey.  When Shelby decided to
put the 427 motor in the Cobra, Shelby fabricator Phil Remington turned the
project over to Sutton because he had liked the work he had done on the
Healey.  The Sutton Healey still exists and there are pictures here:
http://www.carnut.ca/images/carinfo/Carinfo_blank.html

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:03 AM, carroll phillips <bjcap at optonline.net>
wrote:

> Was it not Carroll Shelby who made a nastyboy first ?  I recall recently a
> post or saw it on another forum of the Healey found with a V8 done by him.
> It was good reading if anyone can post it.
>
> I like the Nastyboy name and Im a purist by nature, I respect the ton of
> work that goes into those conversions. I know because I reverted one back
> (100-4 with 289) to original
>
> Carroll Phillips
> Top Down
>
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