[Healeys] Austin-Healey 4000

[Patrick and Caroline Quinn]

Greetings

Through the wonders of Google it’s easy to translate the Dutch to English.

My understanding is that in period a total of six widened new chassis were made for the Rolls-Royce powered cars. Three complete cars were made. Then sometime down the track, one of them was in a severe accident and one of the three leftover chassis was used in the rebuild. That car was finished in red and imported into Australia in late 1974 and I drove it in January 1975. That car has since been fully restored in Old English White and remains in Australia.

When in the UK later in 1975 I met Peter(?) Cox who was the owner of another Rolls-Royce powered car that was finished in British Racing Green. I had the pleasure of driving that at an Austin-Healey rally at Donington Park. That is the car in the Dutch Healey Museum.

The third example, also finished in white, ended up with Alan Casavant and as far as I know is in Switzerland.

Sometime in the 1980s or ‘90s a replica was made in the UK by ex-pat Australian Keith Boyer and featured in a UK magazine. I have a recollection that it was finished in red, but I may be mistaken.

What is interesting is the chassis number of the car coming up for auction in Belgium (not the Netherlands) is BN4460941 while the chassis number of the car in Australia is F 41.

With anything that is rare, it’s always important to pay due diligence to its history.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Blue Mountains, Australia
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