Yes, it's a steel fendered one, built in 1956, John tells me. He's told me he
had
to decide between a Porsche Speedster or the AH Healey..got the Healey because
it
was $20 cheaper.
--Pat K
JD_Kemp@notes.ymp.gov wrote:
> Darn this digest! I don't get to chime in on the Brit-car discussions until
> it's too late!
>
> Wasn't the Healey 100-4 LeMans a homologation special for the race, so
> sanctioning body (FIA?) would let the lightweight aluminum fendered cars
>compete
> as "stock" or "production" (or whatever they called 'em back then)? Seems to
>me
> I've read that, and that the cars with the "look alike" steel fenders and
> louvered hood were done up later as a sales/promotional kinda thing.
>
> It sounds to me like the Kelly's have one of the "steel fendered" kind. The
> picture backs this up, as it has bumpers, which the factory lightweight cars
>did
> not. A neighbor of my friend Gene's had one of the steel fendered 100-4
>Lemans
> cars, a rusted out, kinda ratty one, and sold it for some incredible sum of
> money. And, the guy that cut up the aluminum fendered car to fit bigger tires
> oughta be horse-whipped. (IMHO, of course!)
>
> The Kelly garage is now on my "hit list" of places I want to go to commit
>Grand
> Theft Auto!
>
> JD Kemp &
> "Lucretia MacEvil" #13 MGB
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