<div><div><div dir="auto">All -</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">#793, built November 1953, was painted this color and will be at the Conclave in PA after being restored back to factory spec.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Unfortunately due to continuing COVID travel restrictions in HK, I can’t be there but if you find Micheal Salter he can show you all the weird quirks.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Now all she needs is to be up rated to a Le Mans 🙃… or not!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Alan</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><img src="cid:1833fbeac6c207cf5f01" style="width:812px;max-width:100%"></div><br></div></div><div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 at 10:55 AM, Henry G Leach via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><div>Now that we have lost the Queen, its time to reflect on her rein of England. Some articles are already popping up in the media, like the one below.  However, I would like to remind everyone of our special tribute to the Queen during her Coronation. The Austin-Healey 100 was in production and as a token to her newly garnered throne, BMC produced about 550 (620 according to Bill Piggott) special AH100 cars painted in "Coronet Cream" The color lost popularity as time went on and many of the original cars ended up painted red.</div><div><br></div><div>The first Coronet cream car was #140272, body 121, built in August 1953.  I have found 85 cars painted this color in my Registry records-where are the rest? One of the Healey list folks, Joe Costa who was true to the Queen and his Healey, restored his car in CC. Hank</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(43,43,43)">Saying Britain’s Royal Family has a love of cars would be a bit of
an understatement, with an </span><a href="https://www.hotcars.com/25-rare-classic-cars-owned-by-queen-elizabeth-ii/?utm_source=syndication" style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank">eclectic car
collection</a><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(43,43,43)"> that included cars from Daimler, to Vauxhall,
Rolls-Royce, Land Rover, </span><a href="https://www.hotcars.com/tag/jaguar/?utm_source=syndication" style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank"><strong style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif">Jaguar</strong></a><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(43,43,43)"> and </span><strong style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(43,43,43)"><a href="https://www.hotcars.com/tag/bentley/?utm_source=syndication" style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank">Bentley</a></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(43,43,43)">.
However, </span><a href="https://www.hotcars.com/remembering-queen-elizabeth-ii-car-collection-true-gear-head/?utm_source=syndication" style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank">the late
Queen Elizabeth II herself stands out for being a royal auto
enthusiast</a><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(43,43,43)"> who liked to drive herself around, even if she
never had a driver’s license! Heck, she even liked getting her
hands dirty, having been </span><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-queen-elizabeth-mechanic-world-war-ii-2020-4?utm_source=syndication" style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank">trained as a
mechanic in the Second World War</a><span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(43,43,43)">.</span></div><div>
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Knowing that, it makes sense that car manufacturers have placed
such <a href="https://www.hotcars.com/prince-philip-helped-design-his-funerals-land-rover-hearse/?utm_source=syndication" style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank">high
importance on the royal patronage</a>. While the <a href="https://www.hotcars.com/land-rover-defender-1990-110/?utm_source=syndication" style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,Sans-sarif;color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank">Queen’s
personal favourite brand is said to be Land Rover</a> (having
owned over 30), that hasn’t stopped Britain’s finest from preparing
cars for her, and in her tribute.</p>
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