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Re: [Healeys] GOLDIE

To: Ed's Shop <shop@justbrits.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] GOLDIE
From: sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:08:20 +1000
> From reading Ken Gregory's biography I learnt the following. Ken was Stirling 
>Moss's personal assistant and at the same time he was the Donald Healey Motor 
>Co. publicity officer. He proposed the specification we know as Goldie which 
>was to be a motor show special. Donald at first resisted the idea and Ken felt 
>this was a reaction to the likely cost. When Ken said "I already have a buyer 
>for the car after the motor show" Donald gave it his full support!  It is 
>interesting the during this pewriod Ken Gregory always mentioned travelling 
>about in his Sprite. ( a company car?)
What a shrewed man that Donald was with his 'by association' promotions.
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