I bought my first E-Type from Donald Healey Motor Co, LTD in Warwick. Would
this be the same one referred to here?
Tom
---- Joe and Lenore Armour <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au> wrote:
> Josef.Eckert@t-systems.com wrote:
>
> >Most Austin-Healeys were built by BMC and the factory was in
> >Longbridge/Abingdon. DMH only had some special rights to modify some with
> >works guarantee. I mean the 100Ms. And place suggestions for further
> >development of the Austin-Healey models. And DMH at times has got the rights
> >from BMC to prepare the works Rally and Race cars for them.
> >So DMH in Warwick was just a modifier and "Consultant" for BMC and the
> >Austin-Healey cars left BMC factory.
> >
> >Josef Eckert
> >Konigswinter/Germany
> >
> >JOSEF,
> >
> >
> Rally Austin Healeys were built by the old MG Competitions Dept. which
> became known as BMC Competitions Dept. They did MG's and Mini's as well
> as Austin Healeys.
>
> Completely seperate and much smaller was the Donald Healey Moter
> Company, a seperate and independant British business that applied to
> Austin/BMC for a budget to build mainly road racing cars for publicity
> from competing at Sebring in March, and LeMans in June. The Targa Florio
> was often entered. All these cars had chassis plates that did not
> mention AUSTIN HEALEY only the name HEALEY. Usually they were Healey
> Blue with white hardtops for 3000's. Sprites were red, or orange or
> green. Early Healey 100's were green. See Bill Emerson's excellant 'The
> Healey Book' for photographs of these chassis plates.
> You may not like it but the first owners of a freshly built Works Rally
> Healey were ----- MG Company. Painted red and white.
> First licensed /registered owner of the HEALEY chassis plate cars were
> Donald Healey Motor Co.
>
> >From late 100/6s production Healeys were delivered from Jensen without
> motor, gearbox and wheels to the MG Factory for final assembly at Abingdon.
>
> Joe
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