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Healey 100 for post #1100 - where it all started - early times
Photos of the " Healey 100 " that became the Austin Healey 100 overnight at the Earls Court Motor Show in late 1952.
Photo of the original prototype before the show - Car has Steel Wheels with hubcaps- The Show car was on wires
- from the archives of Austin Healey Historic Pictures - a Facebook group.
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At the Show with Donald Healey and Leonard Lord and apparently a politician ?
Amended / deleted my comment not a 100
- this is a prototype BN4 as noted by Joe Jarick " 100-Six. Sir Anthony Eden was Prime Minister 1955-1957. He was knighted in 1954. "
The BN4 was introduced in 1956. Production from August 1956 to March 1959
and Jim Lesher asked " Who has information about this Longbridge BN4 in the photo? "
The answer from Joe Jarick " Specially built at Austin in a section dedicated to building prototypes and show cars. Likely, sold off at the motor show. "
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A Press photo - again a left hand drive car
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Press photo - car has German ? Registration
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The car won an award at the 1953 Miami Worlds Fair - very prestigious apparently
Donald Mitchell Healey and his Car.
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Looking for more early photos of the first cars.
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Healey 100 - more early pictures
More photos of the prototypes - including the Show car and some other early photos of the Healey 100 / Austin Healey 100.
The car at the Earls Court Motor Show in its " enclosure " - photo found online by Patrick Quinn another Australian AH enthusiast
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The engine on the Healey 100 - see the badge from Warren Kennedy archives. Warren understands that one of the two prototypes is still around and known - the other unsure if it still exists - a pity if it has been lost in time.
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The " Production Line " unsure at the moment if this is at the Donald Healey Motor Company works at the Cape or the Austin works, but factory looks big, so probably Austin's.
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A couple of images of AH 100's in competition
Ian Walker - photo undated
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John Chatham - a well known Austin Healey racer in later years too with a heavily modified 3000.
This in a 100 - photo undated - event at Mallory Park, UK.
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Images are small, [ some very small ] but are as I have found them on AH Historic Pictures Facebook page - they have been posted on separate posts.
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AH 100 S photos from AH Historic Pictures archives
100 S
AHS3504 sold new to Jackie Cooper - seen here with Jackie in Race trim - event not known
This was one of the very early 100S part of a group of cars sent to the USA in 1955, including a car for Briggs Cunningham.
Chassis numbers were in groups of 10 with AHS3501 - 3510 the first 10
then AHS3601 - 3610 and on for the 50 Customer Cars
- finishing with the group AHS3901 - 3910.
The works cars, 5 of them had very different Chassis numbers
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AHS3808 with DMH standing beside the car - Many 100S were in these paint colours Ivory/White over Lobelia Blue
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RLF500 and EVV106 [ Registration numbers ]
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Unsure of the chassis AHS numbers for these two
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Snowmass - July 1982 the memories - Pete Dicks photos
Pete Dicks was the Sprite Registrar for the AH Club Midlands branch in the UK, he was doing that when I started the NZ Sprite register within the AH NZ Club in 1975 and we got in touch.
Finally met him at Snowmass, and later visited him in England - Brownhills in the Midlands later in the year.
Pete posted these photos on Facebook and are here with his permission and acknowledgement.
Dick Santana's Sprite - in pale yellow. A very early car, one of the 1958 ones
Number 50 built. Chassis No AN5L 550 [ they started at AN5 501 for the production cars " L "for left hand drive models of which there were many - the majority like most Austin Healey's ].
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A 3000 in the metallic silver blue, think it may the the car in the line in the first photo.
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Pete has more photos which I hope to share on here
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" AWSTIN " a 1962 Austin Healey 3000 Mk11 BT7 tri-carb
Saw this car today at a Car Show at Pahoia, near where I live in Omokoroa.
Car Show was organised by the local Mechanic Brian Kirk and the local Tyre Guy Steve Abbott.
Steve is the son of Russ Abbott who worked on my Triumphs and Austin Healey's in late 1970's early 1980's.
A good low key show with probably a couple of hundred cars [ left after an hour so didn't see the late arrivals.
" AWSTIN " The plate
Plate Type: Special Issue
Origin: Import from USA
Used as: Private Passenger vehicle
Cause of Latest Registration: Used
NZ First Registration: 31-Jul-2013 "
Details of the Car.
" Year: 1962
Make: AUSTIN-HEALEY
Model: 3000
Colour: WHITE
Second Colour: Black
Submodel: MKII
Body Style: Convertible
VIN: 7AT0WF05X13274966
Plate: AWSTIN
Engine No: 29E/RU/H2800
Chassis: HBT7L/16390
Vehicle Type: Passenger Car/Van
Seats: 2
CC rating: 3,000cc
Fuel Type: Petrol
Assembly Type: Imported Built-Up
Country of Origin: United Kingdom "
Part of the scene at Pahoia.
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AWSTIN when it arrived
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Under the bonnet - the Tri-Carb engine
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Other views of the car
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Austin Healey 100, 100-Six, 3000 tri-carb and 3000 racer.
For all the Healeyites - check out this article by " New Zealand Autocar " magazine.
" https://www.autocar.co.nz/classic-re...cTO1rBH6xvYPqE "
Have seen the cars before and the 100 Six belongs to a TRS member.
The other 3 cars [ 100 - 4 and the two 3000's ] belong to the AHCCNZ President Mark Donaldson.
A trio of photos from the article: There are 42 plus the header.
The header - main - photo;
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100 Six ( facing ) and the 70's racer ;
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The group of cars and view of " Autoasis " as we called it back in the 1980's.
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Mark posted the story on Facebook.
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1961 - Healeys were racing .. Ardmore and Wigram
Ardmore 1961 - the Russell Leathers Ruddspeed 3000 amongst several Austin Healeys. P Lawson and I Fraser-Jones
Cars were big Healeys unsure if 100's 100 Six or maybe early AH 3000's like the Ruddspeed
Newspaper article of the results at the NZ Grand Prix meeting January 1961.
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Wigram 1961 the "Motor Cup Race " - cars at the start including AH race #25. I G Johnston in the AH 100
Also there was " Joss " E. Tims in the 100S and " Ed " E D Candy in the Healey Corvette - ex Arthur Kennard.
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The Entry List for the " Motor Cup ".
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All times from Graham Woods' vast archives.