--===============5791727389113743221==
--047d7b5d439825d2a1050c8a30eb
Shelby approached DMH with a plan to put a Chevy motor in a Healey, but it
was a no go. Chevy wouldn't sell the motors to Healey (probably didn't
want a Corvette competitor) and DMH wouldn't deliver the Healeys, I believe
due to resistance by BMC. I've heard of a Nasty Boy being built by Shelby,
but have never been able to substantiate it nor seen any reference to it in
the Shelby books. I don't think Shelby ever constructed a Healey, but the
Shelby-Healey refers to one that was built by Shelby mechanic Ted Sutton,
who put a small block Ford in his personal Healey. When Shelby decided to
put the 427 motor in the Cobra, Shelby fabricator Phil Remington turned the
project over to Sutton because he had liked the work he had done on the
Healey. The Sutton Healey still exists and there are pictures here:
http://www.carnut.ca/images/carinfo/Carinfo_blank.html
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:03 AM, carroll phillips <bjcap@optonline.net>
wrote:
> Was it not Carroll Shelby who made a nastyboy first ? I recall recently a
> post or saw it on another forum of the Healey found with a V8 done by him.
> It was good reading if anyone can post it.
>
> I like the Nastyboy name and Im a purist by nature, I respect the ton of
> work that goes into those conversions. I know because I reverted one back
> (100-4 with 289) to original
>
> Carroll Phillips
> Top Down
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>
> Healeys@autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com
>
>
>
--047d7b5d439825d2a1050c8a30eb
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<div dir=3D"ltr">Shelby approached DMH with a plan to put a Chevy motor in =
a Healey, but it was a no go.=C2=A0 Chevy wouldn't sell the motors to H=
ealey (probably didn't want a Corvette competitor) and DMH wouldn't=
deliver the Healeys, I believe due to resistance by BMC.=C2=A0 I've he=
ard of a Nasty Boy being built by Shelby, but have never been able to subst=
antiate it nor seen any reference to it in the Shelby books.=C2=A0 I don=
9;t think Shelby ever constructed a Healey, but the Shelby-Healey refers to=
one that was built by Shelby mechanic Ted Sutton, who put a small block Fo=
rd in his personal Healey.=C2=A0 When Shelby decided to put the 427 motor i=
n the Cobra, Shelby fabricator Phil Remington turned the project over to Su=
tton because he had liked the work he had done on the Healey.=C2=A0 The Sut=
ton Healey still exists and there are pictures here: =C2=A0<a href=3D"http:=
//www.carnut.ca/images/carinfo/Carinfo_blank.html">http://www.carnut.ca/ima=
ges/carinfo/Carinfo_blank.html</a></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div=
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:03 AM, carroll phillips <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bjcap@optonline.net"; target=3D"_blank=
">bjcap@optonline.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x">Was it not Carroll Shelby who made a nastyboy first ?=C2=A0 I recall rec=
ently a post or saw it on another forum of the Healey found with a V8 done =
by him. It was good reading if anyone can post it.<br><br>I like the Nastyb=
oy name and Im a purist by nature, I respect the ton of work that goes into=
those conversions. I know because I reverted one back (100-4 with 289) to =
original<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br><br>Carroll Phil=
lips<br>Top Down<br>=C2=A0<br>
</font></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>
nk">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>
Archive: <a href=3D"http://www.team.net/archive"; target=3D"_blank">http://w=
ww.team.net/archive</a><br>
Forums: <a href=3D"http://www.team.net/forums"; target=3D"_blank">http://www=
.team.net/forums</a><br>
<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net";>Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys"; target=3D"_blank=
">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br>
<br>
s/healeyrik@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/opti=
ons/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>
--047d7b5d439825d2a1050c8a30eb--
--===============5791727389113743221==
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
_______________________________________________
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Healeys@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
--===============5791727389113743221==--
|