Hi Peter
I still don't have a car yet, but getting close.
The reference to the fact that one of the three cars was AHS 3804 is
fascinating and deserves more research.
In Joe Jarrick's article that appeared in Healey Marque he states that AHS
3804 ran in the 1956 Sebring 12 hours as a private entry driven by Phil
Stiles and George Huntoon.
For Sebring 1957 Racing Sports cars list Car number 23 as being AHS 3804.
That car was also driven by Phil Stiles. Perhaps it was his car and he
agreed to run it in streamlined trim with a six cylinder engine. Remember
that at that time the 100S's were not worth huge amounts of money and
Stiles may have been keen to try out the new streamlined design.
cheers
Derek
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com>wrote:
> ...so having read the earlier mails I went on a bit of a trawl through the
> RSC
> archive and I found here:
>
> http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Nassau-1956-12-09.html
>
> at Number 11: Moss driving a Healey 100-6, Blue/white as in Derek's picture
>
> For some time we have wondered whether Moss actually did drive an AH in the
> Speedweek and why there wasn't a record of him appearing in it. It appears
> from
> the record at RSC that he tested only. Why he did that I have no idea
> EXCEPT
> that at position 29 (at the bottom of the page) Moss is down to drive a
> 300S
> which was sold under him. GUESS: Moss couldn't drive the Maser but was
> asked by
> Hambro or DMH if he would like to try the Healey as an alternative. The car
> didn't race.
>
> Moss finally drove Briggs Cuningham's Maser 300S to win (his 117th). OK it
> says
> Lloyd entered it on the RSC site, but in Robert Edwards' semi-official
> biography
> of Moss it is listed as Cunningham's entry.
>
> Does anyone know of a link between William Lloyd and Briggs? -- that's what
> I
> wrote: To show my ignorance 3051 was the first 300s and was bought for
> Briggs
> Cunnigham's wife Lucy's cousin Bill Lloyd who campaigned it hard for
> several
> years. Moss was already familiar with it.
>
> I can't find who owned 3062.
>
> Peter Dzwig
> --
>
> ===========================================================
> Dr Peter Dzwig
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