Here is another one of those ads making a lot of claims, and connections to DMH etc, no doubt some of them true judging by the history and names mentioned. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C229969
57 FAC was a Sebring Healey and is now owned in Australia isn't it. What does this mean when it says was once registered 57 FAC? Weren't all the Ruddspeed manifolds triple carb? My copy of Bill Emers
Author: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:12:06 +1000
Very interesting. Austin-Healey 3000 registered 57 FAC was the spare car for Sebring 1963 and yes it is currently in Australia. In fact it's been here for quite a few years. I drove it at the Philli
Interesting that this car claims to be 57FAC when the actual car is Blue over White and as of last November was in Austrailia http://healeyvic.com.au/doc/Nov_2010_mag.pdf David Nock British Car Speci
Didn't the Works swap registration numbers from one car to another when it was in their interests to do so? If so, it's easy to see how identifying a car by its license plate number and not its origi
Author: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:22:52 +1000
Yes they did, especially during the 1950s. The registration on my car NWD 977 was used on at least 3 cars. The 3000s in question are two different, but genuine cars. Plus the one advertised is a BN7
Author: "Shop at \" Just Brits \"" <shop@justbrits.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:46:05 -0500
<< Plus there were BJ7s, not BN7 Mk1s. >> << ...57FAC when the actual car is Blue over White... >> Didn't Phil Coombs own it "over here", have restored in WI, then even compete with it a couple times
Here is an interesting contradiction: 57FAC is widely reported to have won the 1964 "Sundown grand Prix" in torrential rain at Mosport. However, the photos I received from Al Pease (co-driver with Do
Steve, I agree, but the seller is claiming that BN7L5629 was originally registered as 57FAC. The seller should provide some documentation supporting this attribution. Gary Hodson Didn't the Works swa
Phil used to race a red car with white hard top in the 70's.Don't remember the plate #. We used to work on it at Austin Healey Enterprises -- Ira Erbs IT CONSULTANT Portland, OR We can't solve proble
Yes, Phil raced the #105 car, and Dan Pendergraft raced the #106 car. Neither of those cars were "Works" cars, or "BMC" race cars, but #106 was made up from many Works spares. But Phil also owned bot
Thanks. I drove 105 around some industrial areas around the shop. Very fun Ira Erbs IT Consultant Portland, OR sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections because my phone has
Check out the roll bar on the driver's side. How does one get in or out? I'd hate to be in this death trap if it ever caught on fire during a race. Richard Mayor BN7L-466 Vintage Racer Portland, Oreg
Author: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:16:48 +1000
As an owner of a Works Austin-Healey it really does disturb me when auction houses and authors make such glaringly obvious errors. After emails from myself and telephone calls and emails from the cu