[Healeys] Healey Cars total

[John Sims]

It used to be rather common for major automobile manufacturers to build the chassis and drive trains only and then turn them over to a coach builder for the body. The Fisher Body Co, built bodies for Abbot, Buick, Cadillac, Chalmers, Chandler, Chevrolet, Curchfield, Elmore, EMF, Ford, Packard, Studebaker and a bunch of other car makes. There used to be an oval nameplate on the driver’s side sill saying “Body by Fisher” on those that they finished. I had an 1966 Oldsmobile Cutlass with this name plate. For years they were a subsidiary of General Motors who fully absorbed them and discontinued the “Body by Fisher in the 70’s or 80’s or so. Thus the Healeys having Jenson build the bodies was apparently normal for the industry.

 

John Sims

Aberdeen, NJ

 

www.healey6.com

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 9:03 AM
To: Patrick and Caroline Quinn
Cc: Ahealey help
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey Cars total

 

Thank you. Hard to imagine earning a living from so few cars. I know they did tuning and other work. But still....when did they get the car dealership?

Ira Erbs
1959 100-6
MKI engine and disc brakes
Portland,OR

 

On Sep 26, 2016 2:04 AM, "Patrick & Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

Hello

 

It should be remembered that as far as Healey cars are concerned that the Donald Healey Motor Company did not make complete cars.

 

They made rolling chassis where the bodywork were fitted by outside coachbuilding firms or contractors.

 

In total 1,287 Healey cars were built between October 1946 through to last Nash-Healeys and Tickfords. This does not include the last Le Mans Healeys of the late 1960s and 1970 of which there was just a handful.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: Monday, 26 September 2016 1:47 PM
To: Ahealey help
Subject: [Healeys] Healey Cars total

 

I'm looking for total production #s for all Healey-

cars. Not Austin or Jensen Cars


Ira Erbs

Portland,OR

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          BT7 engine and disk brakes

 

Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words

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