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Moss Motors post #940 a reply - belated.
Ken H, re Post #940 and the Moss Motors article on a beautiful 100
" Looks neat with that windshield lowered. "
Sure does, and my oops for not replying [ think i had a reminder just today ?? ].
Even my 100 on the 14 inch Hotwires looked cool like that - seen here in 1984 with Wayne Brown from Salem Oregon in the drivers seat. Wayne was a member of the Oregon Healey Club who toured NZ in 1984 along with about 20 others, mainly from Oregon and one or two from California.
Have put the article into my archives, Thanks Mate.
Makes the driver look too tall though, myself the same day Easter Sunday 1984 in Napier.
" Faminz " from TRS is getting his parts from Moss Motors in Goleta California, for the Sprite restoration - Did you take the order ??
Lots needs doing to the car ;
And thanks again for this Gem Ken H - getting the Non-Healey into a Moss Motors newsletter - a wee while ago ..
" http://www.mossmotoring.com/looking-back/ "
Now back to work for this Boy - work. as in, looking up stuff for TRS and other little projects I have.
Restoration of a Hornby " O " Gauge Loco, for the Father of a Mate is one ..
Not a Healey, but it is from the 1950's
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Those missing images - well two of them ..
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Revell - The Austin Healey 100 Six kitset
The Box
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The instructions - in German and English as produced by Revel GmbH ..
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I have it on good Authority that the President of the Austin Healey Car Club of New Zealand Inc [ Inc in 1973 ] has the model, which he had built for him by a Specialist Model Builder .. not sure what colour scheme though !.
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Old Irish Racing - scale model collection
Quote:
Originally Posted by
khyndart in CA
Ken H, Yes indeed, run by my Mate from [ back in 1982 Salem,] Oregon - Jerry Luidahl, who now lives still in Oregon, but is currently on holiday in Hawaii. Jerry has built a Garage /Man Cave for his model collection and real cars which includes a couple of Classic Jaguars..
When we first met he owned a Healey 100, which he took to Snowmass for the 30th Anniversary of the Austin Healey - the whole reason for the trip that BMC BOY and I did, together with other Kiwi's 10 in all from NZ [ one who was staying in BC Canada at the time and two others who were on their way back from Europe.
Jerry is currently modifying a Healey 100 1;43 scale model to be a replica of the Les McLaren - Bruce McLaren car that is still in New Zealand. In fact " Oldfart " posted a picture of the real car on these pages from the Lumsden Hill Climb in 2017.
The real car as it is now ; Rhys' photo.
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Now to find Jerry's model .. from his " Old Irish Racing " site ;
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The story - information from Mark Donaldson [ Jan McLaren's husband ] and others as provided to Jerry.
" 1953 100 BN1: Built on October 9., 1953, this 100 (BN1) was one of three Carmine Red AH 100's shipped to New Zealand to take part in the 1954 New Zealand Grand Prix (NZGP) as part of a publicity campaign for the new Austin Healey. It was campaigned by Auckland Austin distributor Seabrook Fowlds and driven by Ross Jensen, one of New Zealand's best racing drivers in the day. After the race, the car was offered for sale and purchased by Les McLaren, father of Bruce McLaren; and subsequently stripped down and modified (Le Mans kit?). Raced by the senior McLaren in the 1955 NZGP, he exited the race early due to transmission trouble. Ready for the 1956 NZGP, Les McLaren took ill just before the race and a substitute driver had to be found on short notice. With no one else available, young Bruce was given his opportunity to debut as a driver; albeit on a pretty large stage against formidable drivers like Jack Brabham and Stirling Moss. Not the last time he would face them on track! Bruce was in 3rd place when a gasket blew and ended his race. He would continue to run the 100 in local NZ races and hill climbs with great success and establishing himself as a promising future racing star. In 1957, a connecting rod broke and exited the block, ending the car's career in McLaren's hands. The rest they say, is history!
Model by OXFORD (modified) 1/43 "
End of the History - the story so far.
Cheers
Ken H ..
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" Old Irish Racing " and a Kitset 100 SIX ..
Ken H - mentioned the " Old Irish Racing " site - and a collection of Austin Healey models Diecasts and Resin - the Owner of the site Jerry Liudahl - whom I met, as mentioned in the USA in 1982 - is also into Kitsets and even has a few tinplates.
Here is Jerry's making of the Revell Kit around 50 years ago ..
** Jerry based the colour scheme and details on a car he knew of at the time.
I thought it looked a bit like Richard " Dick on Wheels " Mayor from Portland Oregon -met him in 1982 in Oregon and saw him Race at Portland International Raceway - PIR - in August 1988.
- Raced by - quote from Jerry -" Way before Dick Mayor Its Monte Shelton's car. "
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Dick Mayors car at Portland - [ posted before ].
The Green BJ8 following is also a well known Pacific North West Car
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Meanwhile in 2020 in Auckland another modeler has got this far with his recent purchase of the 50 year old kitset by Revell.
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Thanks to Jerry and Nic Butterworth for the images .. Chaindrive knows who Nic is ..
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Austin Healey 3000 Road Test SCW Magazine 1961
July 1961 issue of Australian magazine - Sports Car World had a Road Test of this Austin Healey 3000.
Big Healeys were hard to obtain in Australia at the time - protection of local manufacture or assembly.
The car came from Cambodia - owned by e member of the Cambodian Embassy - It is Left Hand Drive and carries Australian Dilpomatic Number Plates
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Magazine provided by BMC BOY - who sent me a box of magazines mainly Australian with quite a few early 1960's SCW issues. - the box of magazines above ..
The cover - think Milan posted a copy of this in a previous post - this one has a glass [ beer perhaps ] mark on it
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Contents Page and part of the article
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The Specifications and Road Test details
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AH Road Test - Sportscar Graphic 1959
Sent to me by Ken Hyndman The Sept-Oct 1959 issue of Sportscar Graphic- and I just happen to have the 1961 SCG Road Test of a later model - in a Magazine from BMC BOY. the 1961 -62 cars were the Tri-carb. BMC BOY owns a 1959 AH 3000 too
The Ken H article ;
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Always thought the Magazine was Sports Car Graphic - not Sportscar Graphic now corrected in the Title.
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100's ..4 and 6 with 3thousands.. and a 100S..
A herd of 100's [ and 000's ].. picture/photo from the " Healey Museum " archives.
The first car is well known in AH circles as a display car not as a Racer ..
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and from Paul O'Neill this piece from a Magazine on the 100S. They made 55 of them 50 " Customer " cars and
5 DMHC " Works Cars ".
** adding first page just found
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305035 .. and 100S - AHS3501.
AHS3501 - the car sold new to Briggs Cunningham by Austin New York.
Have recently come across some details and photos of the car when owned by Robert Wittke - the photos from Brent Wittke his grandson. Robert would appear to be the cars second owner 1956 on.
The car and other 100S on Transporters at " The Cape ".
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Some Regalia that Brent has from his grandfathers archives - Programme / Report from Buchanan Field Races 1955-56 and plaques from the car.
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Photos of the car at various meetings
First from the Buchanan Field Story July 1956.
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The car in other Races - with Robert Wittke
[ Car race #45 [ update April 2022] is fully restored and still in the USA - it features in some photos later in this thread. ]
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The car with other 100S -location not stated.
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Some of the photos are small.
Thanks to Brent Wittke - for letting me " borrow " them.
AHS3501 is the first Chassis built, although AHS3502 - AHS3507 were all despatched in the week 7th February 1955, All except AHS3503 went to Austin New York - the other car to Austin Canada.
and 305035 - is the views on this thread - when I logged in today
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The " Ward Special " 1955 Austin - Healey 100 - chassis BN1 222490
This from the story written by Peter Linn - the owner of the car at the time - around 2016.
" Chassis: 1955 Austin Healey 100/4 BN1
Chassis no. BN1/222490 (no plates, given Victorian Police ID no. V702189P)
Engine no. H1B/222490-M
Body no. 7491
Gearbox no. 2134
O/D no. 28/1292/6989
Worked 2.6 litre (?) motor, twin side-draft 1 3/4” SU carbs on fabricated manifold, heat-proofed exhaust manifold, Flex fan, alternator conversion.
Custom radiator (20 litre capacity cooling system)
3-speed BN1 gearbox rebuilt by John Needham, 28% overdrive, custom centre-change linkage
Koni adjustable shock absorbers all round
Custom alloy fuel tank
3.54 diff
Front Alfin-style drums, drilled for cooling
72 spoke Dayton chrome wire wheels
100S style front seats, 2+2 conversion, wood-rim steering wheel
Electric windows (!)
Full dash inc. 140mph speedo, tacho, oil pressure and water temperature gauges, ammeter, vacuum gauge, fuel gauge, clock ".
The car with the " Ausca " body as in the story below;
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Early history of the car up to the fitting of the "Ausca " - Maserati A6GCS/53 style body
" The following history has been pieced together from information provided by the Healey Factory, and from conversations with most of the previous owners – Clive Millis, Lindsay Hughes, Peter Marshell, John Best and Peter Rowland – and with Sid Ward’s son Andrew. Iain McPherson knows the car well as in the early ‘70’s the then owner worked close by to Iain’s work. Iain has been able to fill in many details. Iain still owns a BN2 with an Ausca body, amongst other classic cars and historic racers. Clive Millis, the next owner, reports that the car was extensively damaged within months of delivery in a street racing accident at a place known as “Death Dip” on the Hume Highway at Craigieburn North of Melbourne. Clive says the damage was such that the car could have gone “end over end”. He bought the wreck as an insurance write-off (although the Vicroads records don’t show this event), straightened the chassis and fitted an Ausca fibreglass body, which was a direct copy of a Maserati A6GCS/53. The Ausca bodies were built by Paul England who worked for Repco. Only seven bodies were made, which were mostly fitted to Healeys, MGAs and Triumph TRs that were raced in the early ‘60’s by the likes of Haig Hurst, Bruce McLaren and Jim Madden. Clive Millis was in a car repair business with Lindsay Hughes, and went on to race in two Australian Grands Prix – 1970 and 1971 – in an Elfin 600B Ford. Paul England still runs Paul England and staff at Essendon, Melbourne.
With the Ausca body (see photo) Clive registered the car GTV 116 in January 1959 "
When I saw the car in Queensland in 2016 at the Austin Healey Owners Club of Queensland "Show and Shine at Scarborough, Brisbane.
It sported the number plate GTV 16 [not GTV 116 as in Victoria ].
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The story board at the time ;
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More to come on this story [ some photos posted before - most are new ] - the building of the Ward body and the car as it looks in recent years.
Full details of the story are on a link - will attach at the end of the story in a future post.
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Otaua Hill Climb .. 2020.
The event has been and gone, I wasn't there but " The Fastest Milkman in the West " was - Mark Parsons, who was my milkman in Mount Albert in the 1970's and we were in Northern Sports Car Club also at that time.
Mark raced and rallied a Triumph TR7 V*, and also co-drove with Mal Clark in his P6 Rover V8 in rallies.
The results - times have come down a bit since 1983 - cars have changed too !! -
Mark was in a Toyota Starlet, the other Startlet is a " Kevin Sanderson’s Hayabusa Starlet ... 200 hp, 6 speed sequential,"
There is view of one of Kevins runs at 54 seconds - on Facebook, by I cannot get it to open is on a format / link called
" DROPBOX "..
The 2020 Results.
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The 1983 Results.
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Presume the Start and Finish are in the same places - The Start looks like it from the " DROPBOX "
Image.
Can't upload the image .. Grrr ..
Otaua Hill Climb .. 2020.
Managed to view the videos - mark parsons sent them to me on Fb Messenger, but I can't manage to download them - Road much as I remember and the Start Finish in the same places ..
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Joe Armour and his Sebring Healey
Another Picture of Joe Armour - from Picton NSW of his ex Sebring BJ8 .. at a car show not sure where - the photo was borrowed from an Fb page and reposted by Joe.
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Joe Jarick, another Australian Healey Enthusiast - now in Queensland posted this of a works Healey at a Targa Florio mid 1960's . The two Joes know each other well.
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Joe Armour wrote this about the photo;
" Works 1964 car that was a private entry in 1966&67 when owned by Ted Worswick. Not sure of which year of the Targa Florio this pic is from. 767kNX was the 1964 BJ.7 for Sebring. Don’t believe all the books that incorrectly say it ran Sebring in 1964 &65 " text as written [sic]
There may some details in the Bill Price Book on the BMC/BL Competition Department History - must check it out again.
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Ward Special - part two - being built and details of the car
More photos of the Car as it became the " Ward Special " and details as finished.
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Details of the car
Interior
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Dash [ website photo ]
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Engine [ website photo ]
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Most photos from Peter Linn - The Healey Factory story
Others as noted.
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Racing 3000's a couple of Posters
Posters created of a couple of Racers - by Bill Nesius - posted on " Race and Modified Healeys and MG Midgets " Facebook page
Both cars are 1961 3000's - originally tri-carbs [ Triple SU's made only in 1961 and 1962 - DMH and BMC reverted to Twin SU's at the end of 1962 ]
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AH 100S - a couple of photo's
Putting the photo here too !!
" Barbara Windhorst Austin Healey 100S & Sandy Hale Porsche 550 Sypder, '60 Santa Barbara Road Races [Alan Grant] "
posted on the Santa Barbara thread of Ken H..
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and a 100S montage from the " Healey Museum " archives
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AHS3606 - The Belgium Car - with a story / History
AHS3606 100S was delivered new in Belgium - despatched 15th March 1955 to M Franssen.
The Car was entered in the " Liege - Rome - Liege " long distance Rally as car number 103, driven by Franssen with navigator / co-driver Moineau - the rally took place in August 1955.
The " Liege Rome Liege Rally " was known as " Marathon de la Route " and ran from 1931 until at least 1960.
The winners in 1960 were Pat Moss and Ann Wisdom in a Healey 3000.
Pictures from the 1955 event from the archives of Hans van de Kerkof and Clas Arskelar
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The story /mystery attached to the car is this :
" The unconfirmed story of this 100S is that a young Belgian guy owned this S but was not allowed by his parents to participate in races. He registered for a race anyway and died in an accident.
His friends hid the car and that is the last we know of this S.
Is this story true or false?
Like many others I have been looking for this car but without success.
The registration is now on a modern car ?
I assume that the car no longer exists or is there now a recreation of this 100S?
Does anyone have more info about how and what happened to this car ?
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Car is unusual in having a full Windscreen of a 100 and Bumpers - bumpers are not the usual 100 ones, according the AH experts.
AHS3908 the Seabrook Fowlds Ross Jensen - Graeme Pierce - Harvey Kibble car the " Lost 100S " had a windscreen but no bumper[s] under Harvey Kibbles ownership, later removed and when restored a few years ago - does not have it,just low screen .
Another 100S AHS3603 was reputed to have been in Belgium too - various attempts to track it down have failed and rumours were that the engine went to another 100S .. there is a convoluted story about this.
Interesting as AHS3603 was sold new to the USA again through Austin new York who sold Briggs Cunningham and Bob Fergus the first two cars.