Your messages regarding a Johnson Healey aroused my curiosity and
emailed
this info to my friend, Marion Brantley, a Healey concours judge. He
sez that
he has never heard of this car and would like to know more about it. Is
it
possible to get a photo?
Roy Rogers
In a message dated 9/1/01 6:19:27 PM, montanabob51@hotmail.com writes:
<< When I was visiting my mechanic he had another british car that I
kind of
liked - it is also a mG/Healey - it's called a Johnson Healey. Looks
kind
of like a Triumph. Anyway, the mechanic said there was a lean on it and
I
could get it cheap. Does anyne know much about these cars? In
particular
the color. My mechanic said they actually came in Plaid. Is he
serious? I
don't think Plaid would look good. >>
There was an American, Johnson Motor Company, that made Marine engines
in the
50's and 60's and I believe there were plans for a production
Johnson-Healey
in the late 60's, which never came to pass except for a couple of
one-offs
one of which was Campbell Tartan Plaid because a granddaughter of
Johnson's
was marrying a Campbell. The rest were Black or White. All had Red
interiors. As the story goes DMH was so incensed at the Campbell car
that he
left the project and had all reference to it obliterated from his
biography
and company advertising. Jensen-Healey conveniently came along and
covered
most of the traces of Johnson-Healey's existence with it's nearly same
name.
Too bad it has a lein on it.
Annice
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