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• Healey Books
• Magazine Articles

Healey Books

• Trevor Alder, Austin-Healey Sprite 1958-1971, Transport Sports Books Ltd.
• Gary Anderson and Roger Moment, Austin-Healey 100/100-6/3000 Restoration Guide, MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-0673-7, 2000. Gary supplied an Errta Sheet (pdf file).
• Keith Anderson, Jensen and Jensen-Healey, Sutton's Photographic History of Transportation, Sutton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-7509-1808-X, 1998, reprinted in 2000.
• John Baggott, Big Healeys in Competition The Crowood Press Ltd., ISBN 1-86126-828-9, 2006.
• John Baggott, Mighty Midgets & Special Sprites, The Crowood Press Ltd., ISBN 1-86126-106-3, 1998.
• Bentley, The Complete Official 948cc & 1098cc Sprite/Midget, Robert Bentley Inc., 1967.
• David Brayshaw, The Road to Beijing, The Book Guild Ltd., ISBN 1-85776-403-X, 2000.
• Peter Browning, The Works Big Healeys, Haynes Publishing Group, ISBN 0-85429-966-1, 1995.
• Peter Browning and John Blunsden, The Jensen-Healey Stories, Motor Racing Publications Ltd., ISBN 0-900549-21-1, 1974.
• Peter Browning and Les Needham, Healeys and Austin-Healeys, including Jensen-Healey, Haynes, ISBN 0-85429-209-8 (2nd ed), 1st edition June 1970, reprinted with minor corrections June 1973, 2nd edition May 1976.
• Marcus Chambers, Seven Year Twitch, G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., 1962.
• Marcus Chambers, Works Wonders, Motor Racing Publications, ISBN 0-947981-94-2, 1995.
• Marcus Chambers, Stuart Turner and Peter Browning, BMC Competitions Department, Veloce Publications, ISBN 1-904788-68-8, 2005.
• Herve Chevalier, Les Healey au Mans 1949-1970, HF.COM, ISBN 2-913117-00-7, 1998.
• Herve Chevalier, Les Healey dans les Alps 1947-1967, Spe-Barthelemy, ISBN 2-912838-15-0, 2001.
• Herve Chevalier, Les Healey du Marathon 1951-1964, Drivers Editions, ISBN 2-35124-002-2, 2005.
• Chilton, Chilton's Repair & Tune-up guide, Austin-Healey, Chilton Book Company, 1973.
• R. M. Clarke, Austin Healey 100 & 100/6 Gold Portfolio 1952-1959, Brooklands Books, ISBN 1-85520-0481,
• R. M. Clarke, Austin Healey Sprite 1958-1971, Brooklands Books,
• R.M. Clarke, Austin Healey 3000 1959-1967, Brooklands Books, ISBN 0-906-589-649.
• R. M. Clarke, Austin Healey 3000 Collection Gold Portfolio 1959-1967, Brooklands Books, ISBN 1-85520-049X.
• R. M. Clarke, Austin Healey 100 & 3000 Collection No. 1 (1952-1968), Brooklands Books.
• R. M. Clarke, Nash & Nash Healey, Brooklands Books, ISBN 1-85520-366-9.
• Anders Ditlev Clausager, Original Austin-Healey, The Restorer's Guide to 100, 100-Six and 3000 Bay View Books, ISBN 1-870979-13-3, 1990, MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-1225-7, 2002,
• Clymer Publications, Healey Owners Handbook of Maintenance and Repair, Series BN4, BN6, BN7, BJ7 & BT7, Clymer Publications, Sixth printing 1971.
• C. P. Davidson, Austin-Healey Cars, A Practical Guide to Maintenance and Repair Covering Models From 1952, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1960.
• Jean-Paul Delsaux, Marathon de la Route - 1931-1971, Editions du Palmier, ISBN 2-914920-42-3, December 2004. History of the Liege-Rome-Liege & Liege-Sofia-Liege rallies (in French).
• Eric Dymock, The Sprites and Midgets: A Collector's Guide, Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 1981.
• Bill Emerson, The Healey Book, Coterie Press Ltd., ISBN 1-902351-04-5, 2002.
• Peter Garnier, Healey (from the archives of Autocar), Temple Press, ISBN 0-600-35025-8, 1983.
• Peter Garnier with Brian Healey, Donald Healey: My World of Cars, Patrick Stephens Limited, ISBN 1-85260-212-0, 1989.
• Harold T. Glenn, Austin-Healey Repair and Tune-up Guide, Chilton Book Company, 1965.
• Graeme L. Greenwood, Post-War British Cars or the ABC of British Cars, U.S.A edition Floyd Clymer, 1948.
• Chris Harvey, Healey, The Handsome Brute, Oxford Illustrated Press/Haynes Publishing Group, ISBN 0-902280-55-4, 1978.
• Donald Healey and Tommy Wisdom, Austin-Healey Guide, Modern Sports Car Series, Sports Car Press, 1959.
• Donald Healey and Tommy Wisdom, The Austin-Healey, Cassell Co. & Ltd., 1959.
• Geoffrey Healey, Austin Healey: The Story of the Big Healeys, Wilton House Gentry/Haynes, 1977, Dodd, Mead & Company, ISBN 0-396-07530-4, 1978.
• Geoffrey Healey, More Healeys, 2nd edition, Haynes Publishing Group, ISBN 0-85429-826-6, 1990.
• Geoffrey Healey, Healey, The Specials, Gentry Books Ltd., ISBN 0-85614-062-71980.
• Geoffrey Healey, The Healey Story, G. T. Foulis & Sons / Haynes, ISBN 0-85429-949-1, 1996.
• John Heilig, Austin-Healey 100 & 3000, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-7603-0060-7, 1995.
• Terry Horter, Original Sprite & Midget, The Restorer's Guide to all the Austin-Healey and MG models 1958-1979, Bay View Books Ltd, ISBN 1-870979-45-1, 1994.
• Roy Ingleton, John Gott, A Life in the Fast Lane, Cranborne Publications, ISBN 0-9523437-1-1, 2003.
• Rupert Jones, The memoirs of a Motorsports Clergyman, Richard Netherwood Ltd., ISBN 1-872955-03-7, 1990.
• Mark Kahn, Death Race LeMans 1955, Barrie & Jenkins Ltd., ISBN 0-214-20284-4, 1976.
• Mike Lawrence, Essential Austin-Healey 100 & 3000, The Cars and Their Story 1953-67, Bay View Books, ISBN 1-870979-49-4, 1994.
• David McLauvin & Andrew Tipping, Austin-Healey 100 & 3000, Osprey Automotive, ISBN 9-185532-231-5 (Hdbk), 1992, ISBN 9-185532-647-7 (Sftbk), 1992.
• Brian Moylan, Works Rally Mechanic, Veloce Publishing PLC, ISBN 1-874105-97-9, 1998.
• Richard Newton, Illustrated Austin-Healey Buyer's Guide, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-87938-104-3, 1983.
• Piet Olyslager, Handbook for the Austin Healey Sprite Mark I and Mark II from 1958 The Sunday Times, 1962.
• Piet Olyslager, Handbook for the Austin-Healey 100 Six, 3000, 3000 Mark II from 1956 The Sunday Times, 1963.
• Bill Piggott, Austin-Healey, Haynes, ISBN 1-85960-850-7, 2002.
• Bill Piggott, Austin-Healey 100 In Detail, Herridge & Sons Ltd., ISBN 0-9541063-4-2, 2005.
• C. Pitt, The Healey Book, Unique Motor Books, ISBN 1-84155-507-X.
• Lindsay Porter, Austin-Healey "Frogeye" Sprite,
• Lindsay Porter, MG Midget/Austin-Healey Sprite,
• Lindsay Porter, MG Midget/Austin-Healey Sprite: Purchase Guide and D.Y.I Restoration, Haynes, 1984.
• Practical Classics' on Midget/Sprite Restoration, Brookland Books
• Bill Price, The BMC/BL Competitions Department, (25 years in motorsport - the cars, the people, the events), Haynes, 1989.
• Road & Track, Road & Track on Austin-Healey 1953-1970, Brooklands, ISBN 0-946-489-106, 1987.
• Graham Robson, Austin-Healey 100 & 3000 Series, Crowood Press Ltd, ISBN 1-85223-787-2, 1994, ISBN 1-86126-465-8, 2001.
• Graham Robson, The Big Healeys, a Collector's Guide, Motor Racing Publications Ltd, ISBN 0-900549-55-6, 1981, reprinted 1989.
• Graham Robson, The Cars of the BMC, Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 1987, ISBN 1-899870-41-5, 1999.
• Barney Sharratt, The Men and Motors of 'The Austin', Haynes Publishing, ISBN 1-85960-671-7, 2000.
• Paul Skilleter, The Austin-Healey Yearbook 1978, The Magpie Publishing Company, ISBN 0-906234-01-8, 1978.
• Paul Skilleter, The Austin-Healey Yearbook 1979-80, The Magpie Publishing Company, ISBN 0-906234-03-4, 1980.
• John Sprinzel, Spritely Yours"
• Carroll Shelby The Cobra Story
• Stuart Turner, Twice Lucky, My Life in Motorsport, Haynes Publishing, ISBN 1-85960-602-4, 1999.
• John Wheatley, Austin Healey 100, Original 4-Cylinder Models (Super Profile), Haynes Publishing Group, ISBN 0-85429-487-2, 1986.
• John Wheatley, Austin Healey 100/6 & 3000, All the Big 6-Cylinder Models, (Super Profile), Haynes Publishing Group, ISBN 0-85429-574-7, 1987.
• Eoin Young, The Amazing Summer of '55, Haynes Publishing, ISBN 1 84425 114 4, 2005.
• Walter Zeichner, Austin Healey 1953-72, Schiffer Publishing Co., ISBN 0-88740-212-7, 1989.

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Magazine Articles

• Healey
  • 2.4 liter Roadster, The Sporting Life, February 12, 1948.
  • Healey Silverstone Sports 2-Seater, Motor Sport, November 1949.
• Nash-Healey
  • Proving Ground Shakedown of the Nash-Healey, Dick Van Osten, Motor Trend, September 1951, pp 24-25, 45.
  • Color photo of the Nash-Healey roadster. Motorsports, July 1952, front cover.
  • 1953 Nash-Healey, America's First Postwar Sports Car, Arch Brown, Special Interest Autos, No. 71, October 1982, pp 10-17.
• 100
  • The Healey "Hundred", by John Bond, Road & Track, April 1953. (Note 3)
  • Interview with Donald Healey, (and a red 100, "MWD 360" on the cover) Road & Track, June 1953, pp 10-11.
  • Driving the Austin-Healey, Auto Sport Review, August, 1953, pp 20-22,44. Article also published as a reprint.
  • I Drove the Austin-Healey at LeMans, by Gordon Wilkins, Cars, October, 1953, pp 12-15, 68-69.
  • Editors Review ... The Austin Healey 100, by John G. Kingdon, Sports Cars and Hot Rods, Vol. 1, No. 1, October, 1953, pp 22-24. (Color photo of a blue 100 with Barbra Walters on the front cover)
  • The Austin-Healey at Bonneville, Road & Track, December 1953. (Note 3)
  • Mel Torme --- Road Tests the Austin-Healey, by Mel Torme, Car Life, Vol. 1, No. 5, June 1954, pp 64-67. (Color photo of a blue 100 with Mel Torme on the back cover)
  • Road Testing the Austin-Healey, Road & Track, July 1954, pp 11-13. (Note 3)
  • Testing the "100S", Road & Track, September 1955. (Note 3)
  • Road Test: The Austin-Healey 100-M, Road & Track, March 1956, pp 12-13. (Note 3)
  • LeMans Austin-Healey, Driving Around with Walt Woron, Motor Trend, September 1956, pp 53.
  • The Word from Warwicksire, Road ↦ Track, December 1956. (Note 3)
  • Austin-Healey (100 and 100S), 1956 International Auto Saloon, Sports Car Illustrated Annual, front cover and pp 12.
  • A Case of Perfect Timing: The Austin-Healey Fours, Allan Girdler, Automobile Quarterly, Vol 17, No. 2, 1979.
  • Heritage of the Healey Hundred, Car Collector and Car Classics, May 1981.
  • 1956 Austin-Healey 100-M, Alex Meredith, Special Interest Autos, No. 67, February 1982, pp 52-57.
  • One Hundred Percent, Steve Cropley, Supercar Classics, May 1990, pp 70-77.
  • Atlantic crossing, Driving: Austin-Healey 100/4, Rober Davies, Popular Classics, Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1994, pp 6-11.
  • The Big Project ... two brothers tackle the restoration of two Big Healeys, Liz Turner, Thoroughbred & Classic Cars, October 1994, pp 90-97.
  • Bulldog Brits, ... Roger Bell compares a trio of two-seaters spanning three decades: an Austin-Healey 100, a Triumph TR5 and a TVR 3000 Convertible, Thoroughbred & Classic Cars, Vol. 23, No. 4, August 1996, 44-51.
• 100-6
  • Austin-Healey 100 Six, Auto Car Road Test No. 1612, The Autocar, 2 Noveber 1956, pp 683-686. (Note 1)
  • Road Test: Austin-Healey 100 Six, Road & Track, January 1957, pp 37-39. (Note 3)
  • John Bentley Tests the Austin-Healey 100-Six, John Bentley, Speed Age, April 1957, pp 34-37.
  • Road Test Austin-Healey Mille Miglia, Road & Track, April 1958, pp 37-39. (Note 3)
  • Austin-Healey MM, Russ Kelly, Motor Trend, August 1958, pp 48-49.
• 3000
  • Road Test: Austin-Healey 3-Liter, Road & Track, August 1959, pp 25-27. (Note 3)
  • Bigger Brother for Austin-Healey, Len Griffing, Motor Trend, August 1959, pp 66-67.
  • Austin-Healey 3000, Autocar Road Test 1739, The Autocar, August 28 1959, pp 105-107.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 with 2.9 Litre Engine, The Autocar, August 28 1959, pp 104.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Road Test, Sports Cars Illustrated, August 1959, pp 16-17.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Road Test, Motor Life, September 1960, pp 58-63.
  • Hottest Healey 3000, Sports Cars Illustrated, September 1960, pp 38-39 & ?.(Note 2)
  • A Healey for Hurrying, The Motor, April 6 1960, pp 347.(Note 2)
  • The Austin-Healey 3000 Road Test, Autosport, Oct 30 1959, pp 566-567.(Note 2)
  • The Austin-Healey 3000 Hardtop Road Test, The Motor, July 13 1960, pp 25-28.(Note 2)
  • The Ruddspeed Austin-Healey 3000, Autosport, March 18 1960, pp 356.(Note 2)
  • Policemans Delight, The Motor, February 8 1961, pp 64-66.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey MkII, The Autocar, June 2 1961, pp 871.(Note 2)
  • The New Austin-Healeys, Autosport, June 2 1961, pp 721-722.(Note 2)
  • The Austin-Healey 3000 Mk II, Motor Road Test No. 26/61, The Motor, July 26 1961, pp 952-955.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey Mk. II Road Test/22-61, Sports Car Graphic, October 1961, pp 16-19.
  • Austin-Healey 3000, Road Test No. 1852, The Autocar, Dec 22 1961, pp 1038A-1038D.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Sports Convertible, The Motor, August 29 1962, pp 149-150.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Sports Convertible, The Autocar, August 31 1962, pp 346-347.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Mk. II Sports Convertible 2,912 c.c. Autocar Road Test No. 1897, The Autocar, October 12 1962, pp 594-598.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Road Test, Road & Track, November 1962, pp 34-37. (Note 3)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Road Test, Car & Driver, March 1963, pp 49-51.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000, Motor Road Test No. 14/63, The Motor, April 12 1963, pp 60-63.(Note 2)
  • The Austin-Healey 3000 Mk2, Autosport, August 16, 1963, pp 66-67.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III, The Autocar, February, 28 1964, pp 368-369.(Note 2)
  • More Power, More Comfort, Less Noise, The Motor, March 4 1964, pp 42-43.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII, The Motor, March 26 1964, pp 24-28.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III, Auto Car Road Test No. 1978, The Autocar, 12 June 1964, pp 1132-1136. (Note 1)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII Convertible 2,912 c.c. Autocar Road Test 1978, The Autocar, June 12 1964, 1132-1136.(Note 2)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III, Road & Track, February 1965. (Note 3)
  • Austin-Healey 3000 Sports Convertible Road Test, Car & Car Conversions, October 1965(Note 2)
  • Sqealeystone Session, Car & Car Conversions, April 1971, pp 403-406.(Note 2)
  • The Marvelous Big Austin-Healey, Road & Track, April 1972(Notes 2 & 3)
  • Austin-Healeys, 1953 - 1967, by Thos L. Bryant, Road & Track, June 1967. (Note 3)
  • 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII, End of the Line, Rober Ackerson, Special Interest Autos, No. 90, December 1985, pp 38-45.
  • 1967 Austin Healey 3000 Mark III, Brian Mertz, Classic Auto Restorer, Volume 5, Number 2, August 1993, pp 14-27 (The car is on the magazine cover).
  • The Big Project ... two brothers tackle the restoration of two Big Healeys, Liz Turner, Thoroughbred & Classic Cars, October 1994, pp 90-97.
  • Healey 3000- Which is the Best Buy?, Classic and Sportscar, October, 1995.
  • A comparison of a Austin-Healey BJ8 and a Jaguar XKE, Popular Classics, November 1995.
  • British Beef, Your Cars: Daimler SP250 v Austin-Healey 3000, Practical Classics, Vol. 17, No. 1, May 1996, pp 26-31.
• Sprite
  • Road Test Austin-Healey Sprite, Road & Track, August 1958. (Note 3)
  • Road Test: Sebring Sprite, Road & Track, August 1960, pp 42-45. (Note 3)
  • Fashion Show (unusual "bonnets" for the pampered Sprite), Road & Track, February 1961. (Note 3)
  • Road Test: Sebring II, Road & Track, August 1961. (Note 3)
  • R & T PS (Sprite with Corvette V8) Road & Track, June 1961. (Note 3)
  • Road Test: Austin-Healey Sprite 1100, Road & Track, August 1963. (Note 3)
  • R & T PS (Sprite parking space ) Road & Track, January 1964. (Note 3)
  • Sebring Sprite Prototype, by David Palmer, Road & Track, July 1965. (Note 3)
  • Sprite: the enchanted frog, by Jack P. Maloney, Road & Track, September 1967. (Note 3)
  • Four Basic Sports Cars, Road & Track, October 1968. (Note 3)
  • Austin-Healey Sprite / MG Midget 1958-1970, Road & Track, May 1976. (Note 3)
  • Bug-Eyed Brit, Classic Auto Restorer, December 1994, pp 34-44.
• Jensen-Healey
  • Jensen-Healey, Cyril Posthumus, Road & Track, April 1972, pp 43-45.
• Racing
  • Sebring was my Jinx, John Bentley, Speed Age, July, 1957, pp 18, 57-59.
  • I Drove the Austin-Healey at LeMans, Gordon Wilkins, The Milestone Car, No. 19, Spring 1977, pp 9-13, (reprinted from Cars magazine).
  • Travels with Healey, The 1990 North American Austin Healey Challenge, BS Levy, Vintage Motorsport, November/December 1990, pp 20-31.
  • The Illustrious Racing History of the Mighty Sprite, Lynn Mills, Vintage Motorsport, November/December 1990, pp 34-39.
  • Vintage Views, "Big" Healeys, Bill Siuru, Grassroots Motorsports, Vol. 13, No. 2, March/April 1996, pp 85-92.
• General
  • The Marvelous Big Austin-Healey, Cyril Posthumus, Road & Track, April 1972, pp 49-55. (Note 3)
  • Is the Austin-Healey Really That Good? .. or the Line Forms Behind Me, Micheal B. Arkin, The Milestone Car, No. 19, Spring 1977, pp 2-8
  • SIA Interview: Donald Healey, Alex Meredith, Special Interest Autos, No. 67, February 1982, pp 58-62.
  • 30th Anniversary Internation Austin-Healey Meet, Terry Garney, Car Collector and Car Classics, December 1982, pp 43-44.
  • Donald Healey: His Own Way, Mike Taylor and Julie M. Fenster, pp 364-375, Automobile Quarterly, Vol 24, No. 4, 1986.
  • The Cars of Donald Healey, a Color Portfolio, pp 376-393, Automobile Quarterly, Vol 24, No. 4, 1986.
  • Geoffrey Healey: an obituary, Graham Robson, Popular Classics, Vol. 5, No. 11, July 1994, pp 43.

Notes

1. reprinted in John Wheatley, Austin Healey 100/6 & 3000, All the Big 6-Cylinder Models, Haynes Publishing Group, ISBN 0-85429-574-7, 1987.
2. reprinted in R.M. Clarke, Austin Healey 3000 1959-1967, Brooklands Books, ISBN 0-906-589-649.
3. reprinted in Road & Track on Austin-Healey 1953-1970, Brooklands, ISBN 0-946-489-106, 1987.

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