[Healeys] Jamaican

[David Lodge]

I remember these from the early Sixties, in fact if anyone has any copies of 'Motor Sport" from that time, a quick scan of the back pages where the small ads are will yield any number for sale.

I have always thought them a particularly handsome car, but i don't recall Healeys being the "platform" of choice, that was usually a distinctly downmarket tumbril of a Ford Ten or Austin ditto.  I seem to recall that it was produced to compete with Peerless, Elva and suchlike fibreglass creations, as were the plethora of imitators from that time.

Being SERIOUSLY pedantic for a moment, I always cringe when I hear our American chums pronounce "coupế" as "koop", which is the correct pronunciation of "coupe" meaning "cup", rather than "coopay' meaning "cut"which in automotive styling terms makes much more sense.  The little accent over the letter "e" is the dead giveaway.
 

Back to the library I go!
    On Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 18:19:33 GMT-7, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:  
 
  
To me, a roadster is a strict two-seater without roll-up windows and a hood that has to be erected (or assembled if your prefer).  Everything else can be called whatever anybody wants (like a certain German company who sells 'coupes' that are really sedans with a sloping roofline).  My BN2/100M is a roadster, my BJ8 is a 2+2 convertible (my Mustang is a 2+2 coupe whose back seats are even less useful than my BJ8's).  Of course, your mileage may vary.
 
 
And, since we're being pedantic there is no such thing as an 'Austin-Healey 100-4.'
 
 
Bob
 
 On 8/7/2019 2:30 PM, Keith Pennell wrote:
  
 
    Well, not by my understanding.  By Webster the 100-4 and BN6 and BN7 would be roadsters.  So what would you call all the other models - convertibles?  Whether roadster or convertible had nothing to do with the number of seats for a big Healey.  Roadsters had a removable top with frame (100-4, BN4, BN6, BN7) and convertibles had the top frame attached to the car (BJ7, BJ8).  My .02
 
 
  -----Original Message-----
 From: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
 To: Keith Pennell <llennep at verizon.net>; healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Wed, Aug 7, 2019 12:16 pm
 Subject: Re: [Healeys] Jamaican
 
   I always thought the 'roadsters'--mainly, the 'N' series--were two-seaters (by definition): https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=roadster+definition+english Where are the back seats in a BNX? Bob
   On 8/7/2019 7:54 AM, Keith Pennell wrote:
  
 
      Bob 
  Not sure what you mean by the 2+2s.  The convertibles and roadsters are both 2+2. ????? Keith 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
 To: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Wed, Aug 7, 2019 10:44 am
 Subject: Re: [Healeys] Jamaican
 
 Just happened to stumble across this today:
 
 https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-austin-healey-3000-bt7-4-seat-roadster-13/
 
 Seems to be a real price delta between roadsters and 2+2s
 
 Bob
 
 
 On 8/7/2019 1:59 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
 > I must say, I'd never heard of one before. Looks very pretty and sounds
 > to have been well and truly sorted. Like the Miura-like style, but I'd
 > rather have the real thing (Miura) - sorry I know that's anathema here :-)
 >
 > As for price: It has a decent history, it would appear to have had a lot
 > of work done by people who really know what they are doing and has a
 > racing pedigree and is HRDC-registered. It's probably eligible for a lot
 > of historic events.
 >
 > That being said a properly sorted Healey of similar vintage is getting
 > to be quite expensive over here:
 >
 > https://rawlesmotorsport.co.uk/CarSales/austin-healey-3000-mkii-bn7-centre-change-2/
 >
 > Conclusion: It's over-priced but possibly not by that much. I would
 > guess by about £10k. What distinguishes it is what has been done to it
 > and it's proven performance and competitiveness.
 >
 > The other thing of course is that if you are going to race it, you'd
 > better have enough spare cash to be able to rebuild whatever you break!
 >
 > As a matter of interest would the Mk1 register accept it? or for that
 > matter AHCUK HDI?
 >
 > Peter
 >
 >
 >
 > On 06/08/2019 18:01, simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
 >> See:-
 >>
 >> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-Austin-Healey-3000-Mk1-Jamaican-Historic-Race-Car-285bhp/183909256707?hash=item2ad1d88e03:g:~YwAAOSwWkddRoH8
 >>
 >> Looks OK if you like that sort of thing.
 >>
 >> Strange name for a car?
 >>
 >> Simon
 >>
 
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