Jack Davey, a well known Australian personality - one of the early owners of AHS3905.
.Car sold new in Australia through Larke Hoskins. see details in post #1342 from Milan Fistonic.
Photo from a Magazine of the car when with Jack Davey
Eagle magazine was from memory a Magazine aimed at Teenage Boys, I remember having an Eagle Annual in the early 1960's and it had a few Car Articles in it.
This from an Eagle Magazine published in January 1954.
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Details of car AHS3905 from the 1988/89 Australian Austin-Healey Year Book
I had the Eagle every week as Dad wouldn't buy the Beano or the Dandy. It not only had cutaways like the Healey now and again, but at one stage, had Michael Turner pics every week. I saved them all, but alas, my vindictive ex-wife managed to lose most of my memorabilia when packing up the house to shift to NZ (I was here 9 months earlier). She also 'lost' my much prized car catalogues including those spiral bound E Type Jaguar ones. Ferrari California, and so on.Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
It was a great 'comic' and very informative. The annuals were also excellent. I switched from the Eagle to 'The Wizard' in 1957 and my next brother carried on with the Eagle. Front page was Dane Dare.
"Eagle was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994."
Milan, thanks, I realise, now, that the " Larke Hoskins " mentioned would be the dealership that sold the car - imported by Austin Australia, not the buyer.
Knew Jack Davey was an Australia personality but had forgotten what he was.
Have seen a few photos when Sam Miller had the car too !!.
" Details of car AHS3905 from the 1988/89 Australian Austin-Healey Year Book ".
They are good articles which I did not know about.
Will amend my comment on the " History of Sales "on the post.
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" Donald Healey
This is the original Healey 100 and one of one.
It shows us Donald Healey at the wheel of KWD 947 on a Belgian race track.** see notes below
The KWD 947 license plate was used on a number of Healey cars.
Note the low headlights, leaving little clearance from the parking/indicator lights, and the pointed radiator grille surround.
notes by Rainer Jordan - an American Healey archivist.
** Extract from the Book by Donald Healey and Tommy Wisdom " The Austin - Healey " published in 1960 states.
" With the prototype model complete ( another prototype was built as a chassis for test purposes and was never bodied ), the time had come for some serious trial runs somewhere where high speeds could be reached and maintained. So the Healey team crossed the English Channel, and headed for the long, dead straight Jabbeke motor road in Belgium, scene of so many full-bore try-outs and record runs through the years. ".
The car recorded speeds of up to 111 mph driven by Donald Healey.
As noted in Geoffrey Healey book " Austin Healey - the story of the Big Healeys " KWD 947 " -
" The headlamps were raised on the production cars, increasing the gap above the sidelamps ".
This is before the London Motor Show in 1952, where the Healey Hundred became the Austin - Healey 100 after the agreement with Len Lord of Austin
There is a photo in one of the Healey Books Len Lord of Austin and Lord Nuffield of Morris [ Nuffield which included M.G, Riley Wolseley Morris and SU Carburettors ] with George Harriman and the Austin Healey 100 -Austin and Morris/Nuffield became BMC in the 1950's.
Further photo of the Healey Hundred at the Motor Show with Len Lord and Donald Healey - still with the Healey Badge, but there is an Austin Healey sign behind the Car..
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A couple of photos from Jim Reece archives
A group of Southern North Island Healeyites in the Central Plateau, on the way home from the Austin Healey Club Annual Rally .. exact year not known but identity of a couple of the Sprites owners is - Jim Reece and the Huynen cars.
At the time Jim lived in Palmerston North and some of the others were from Wellington, Bernie [ RIP ] and Julie Huynen.
The 100 Six with the Snowman has a 1977 issue Number Plate. It also has the side Flash around the wrong way - they should have the narrow point at the front
The Sprite with Big Healeys at the rear .. and the rear of the other Sprite ..
Looking very Cold ..
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George Begg Festival at Teretonga ...
These photos from Mark Donaldson of the Austin Healeys and a Family Member .. as in Member of the Austin / Morris BMC Family.
- It is a well known car in the South Island and I understand was recently fettled after the original owner / builder passed away and is now " Back on Track ".
These two photos of the 100S AHS3802 may have been at Wanaka..
The other car the non Healey Family member - a Wols - healey ... 1500 ..
at Teretonga ..
Sam Miller's farm was about 40kms North of Gunnedah...
I visited there one day to have a look at the c1911 Regal Underslung, talking to his nephews who were all that remained of the family at that time. They showed me a little car that Sam had built for them when they were kids, wheels turned up from the trunk of a gum tree, a Douglas flat twin motorcycle engine up front driving (by chain) the back wheels, it looked like a baby Riley.
But one of the real treasures was the Lancia Lambda in the garage. It had lived in that garage since the day it was driven home from the dealers - about 1927 - though it had recently been repainted.
A lot of gear from that farm was stolen over the latter years, particularly motorcycle stuff. Members of the car club in Gunnedah helped out as the two nephews tried to keep things together and when they died.
The Australian Tourist Trophy Race - Melbourne 1956..
A photo and the Entry List - with Ross Jensen in AHS3908 which he took over for the event.
Sam Miller AHS3905 in the field
The Healey's back in the field a bit. - not to clear.. #23 Healey is D Whiteford ..
The Entry List a few 100S and several 100 - 4's there.
Apparently there was a commemoration Event in recent times in Melbourne and 5 Austin Healey 100S were there, a couple of them were at the 1956 Races..
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Not the full Streamliner of later years - the early Record Breaking AH 100 with Head fairing, Metal Tonneau, rear wheels Spats and other streamlining body modifications ..Curved Aero Screen ..
Donald Healey in the Car at Gaydon Airfield.
The car with Geoff Healey [ 4th from right beside the young fellow ] and others
Note the chrome side flashes are around the right way !!
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