[Healeys] Healey Cars total

[Patrick & Caroline Quinn]

Hello

 

In the mid to late 1940s the UK was starved for cars and if you could find one they were very expensive. Healey cars were directed to the well-heeled and the rolling chassis alone was around £900 before tax. My Healey Duncan complete would have set you back £2,876 inc tax. If you check out on Google what that would be worth today that will be around US$140K. It didn’t help that the British government taxed any car below £1,000 at 33% and for those above £1,000 at 66%.

 

However the DHMC was going backwards financially and if it wasn’t for an injection of cash through DMH’s meeting with George Mason of Nash-Kelvinator that led to the Nash-Healey the company would have folded and there would be no such thing as an Austin-Healey.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

From: i erbs [mailto:eyera3000 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, 26 September 2016 11:03 PM
To: Patrick and Caroline Quinn
Cc: Ahealey help
Subject: RE: [Healeys] Healey Cars total

 

Thank you. Hard to imagine earning a living from so few cars. I know they did tuning and other work. But still....when did they get the car dealership?

Ira Erbs
1959 100-6
MKI engine and disc brakes
Portland,OR

 

On Sep 26, 2016 2:04 AM, "Patrick & Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

Hello

 

It should be remembered that as far as Healey cars are concerned that the Donald Healey Motor Company did not make complete cars.

 

They made rolling chassis where the bodywork were fitted by outside coachbuilding firms or contractors.

 

In total 1,287 Healey cars were built between October 1946 through to last Nash-Healeys and Tickfords. This does not include the last Le Mans Healeys of the late 1960s and 1970 of which there was just a handful.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: Monday, 26 September 2016 1:47 PM
To: Ahealey help
Subject: [Healeys] Healey Cars total

 

I'm looking for total production #s for all Healey-

cars. Not Austin or Jensen Cars


Ira Erbs

Portland,OR

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          BT7 engine and disk brakes

 

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