[Healeys] Jamaican

[HealeyRick]

That's exactly what it is.  The Jamaican was a fiberglass body that was
designed to fit the Healey frame along with a few other sports cars.  It
was particularly attractive to those with rusty Healey bodies, but a closer
look might have found a rusty chassis under those rusty bodies. Speaking of
the California company, Fiberfab, that sold the Jamaican, they always
featured some rust-free bodies in their ads that were also particularly
attractive to young guys like me.  Additionally, they sold the  Avenger
that was a GT40 look-alike for the VW and the Banshee that was a Cobra
Daytona clone for Healeys.  For the Road & Track faithful, the Jamaican was
designed by Chris Beebe, Peter Egan's good friend.  In addition to a Healey
frame , the Jamaican also had an available custom frame for a V8 that did
over 200 mph at Bonneville.  I think a lot more were bought than were ever
finished.  Today's Cobra kits seem much easier to complete than those old
kit cars ever were.  They seem to be more valued by our European and
British cousins than in the states, but I still think they are very
handsome.

Rick Neville

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On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:09 PM Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> simon lachlan wrote:
>
>
> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-Austin-Healey-3000-Mk1-Jamaican-Historic-Rac
> e-Car-285bhp/183909256707?hash=item2ad1d88e03:g:~YwAAOSwWkddRoH8
>
>
> It looks like a Fiberfab Jamaican, a fiberglass kit car popular(?) back in
> the 60s and 70s. You could put the fiberglass body on a number of frames,
> including Austin-Healey. Putting a V8 into it and calling it an
> Austin-Healey Jamaican isn’t a lie, but it is awfully cheeky to ask
> £75,000.00 for it. Maybe the race history is worth a lot.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberfab
>
> Here’s a stash of them:
> https://barnfinds.com/fiberfab-jamaican-stash/
>
> -
> Kent McLean
> 1956 100 BN2
>
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