[Healeys] Jamaican

[jpaynepbr at cox.net]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that if it is was actually completed, sorted and has a multi-decade racing history that it is probably worth that much to the right buyer (not me).  

 

I’ve seen a few decrepit unfinished kit cars………….To have actually executed the build, sorted it and raced it is pretty impressive, and it does show well in the photos that I saw.  

 

If it is as advertised, it is a lot more than a “kit car”.

 

 

 

 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of HealeyRick
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 6:05 PM
To: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
Cc: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Jamaican

 

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 <mailto:kentmclean at comcast.net> > wrote:

simon lachlan wrote:

 <https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-Austin-Healey-3000-Mk1-Jamaican-Historic-Rac> 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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