Subject: [Healeys] Gerry Coker's Creations

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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:03:42 +0000 (UTC)

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My wife Genie and I were saddened to hear last night of Gerry Coker's passing. Gerry and his wife Marion were guests in our home several times while I was president of the Austin-Healey Club Pacific Centre and we have stayed in touch through Christmas cards and occasional visits ever since. Gerry was the most delightful person to meet, as thousands of Healey enthusiasts who met him over the years knows. 
In 2002, the last time Gerry was in my home, he gave me a print of his original plane view of the Healey Hundred that he had tinted and signed, and he signed my Donald Healey print of the Austin-Healey BN7 with hard-top, a perfect image of the car I have in my garage to this day.Gerry was one of the most innovative designers imaginable, and I will always remember the chats we had together about those days in 1952 when, as a new automobile designer just getting his start, Donald had asked him to sketch out his ideas for a new sports car, and from them engineered and built the revolutionary Healey 100.I've posted the pictures on my wall on my Facebook page.
Rest in peace, Gerry

Gary Anderson

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<div><font size="2">My wife Genie and I were saddened to hear last night of Gerry Coker's passing. Gerry and his wife Marion were guests in our home several times while I was president of the Austin-Healey Club Pacific Centre and we have stayed in touch through Christmas cards and occasional visits ever since. Gerry was the most delightful person to meet, as thousands of Healey enthusiasts who met him over the years knows. <br>
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<div><font size="2">In 2002, the last time Gerry was in my home, he gave me a print of his original plane view of the Healey Hundred that he had tinted and signed, and he signed my Donald Healey print of the Austin-Healey BN7 with hard-top, a perfect image of the car I have in my garage to this day.</font></div>

<div><font size="2">Gerry was one of the most innovative designers imaginable, and I will always remember the chats we had together about those days in 1952 when, as a new automobile designer just getting his start, Donald had asked him to sketch out his ideas for a new sports car, and from them engineered and built the revolutionary Healey 100.</font></div>

<div><font size="2">I've posted the pictures on my wall on my Facebook page.<br>
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<div><font size="2">Rest in peace, Gerry<br>
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<div><font size="2">Gary Anderson<br>
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From: "S.Carr via Healeys" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:05:54 -0500

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=94so true!  (My mechanic=E2=80=94an old-time race-car guy whose mantra is =
=E2=80=9Ceverything should be readily accessible=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94swears he=
=E2=80=99ll never work on another British car=E2=80=A6.)
      =20
Sarah Carr
BN1 in PA
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