The Cobra would also date it as 1962 or later...
Love that last pic with the overpass and the XK looking like it's being pedalled very hard.
The Cobra would also date it as 1962 or later...
Love that last pic with the overpass and the XK looking like it's being pedalled very hard.
The " Austin - Healey Car Club of New Zealand Inc " was Officially incorporated in early 1973, after a group of Austin Healey enthusiasts got together at Mark Donaldson's house in 1972 - Mark had purchased an Austin Healey in 1971.
The Club is to celebrate its 50th Anniversary this year and as part of the celebration is ;
" The Austin-Healey Car Club of New Zealand's 50th Anniversary Grand Tour ; 16th March to 10th April 2023.
The Grand Tour will travel from Auckland to Invercargill via Tauranga March 18th, Turangi and Havelock North, arriving in Greytown on March 22nd.
Then to Wellington and across Cook Strait to to Blenheim 23rd March, through Hanmer to Christchurch March 29 -31 and then on to Dunedin 31st March 1 st April and to Invercargill on April 2nd.
Grand Tour actually finishes on April 4th, some are off to Wheels at Wanaka for Easter April 7th - 9th.
Heard about the Official Dinner in Auckland [ Karaka ] on March 16th and the Grand Tour from Mark Donaldson when we were at the NSCC Reunion back in August.
Details are now in the Classic Driver Magazine along with the feature article on 6 different Austin Healeys, a 100 M spec 4, 100S Replica, 100 Six, 3000 and a Bugeye [now MK1 ] Sprite also a Jensen Healey.
Healey and Jensen Healey cars have always been welcome in the Club..
Jensen Healeys were new cars in 1973,first released in 1972.
Hope to catch up with the Tour when they come through Tauranga and get a few photos.
More to come on the Grand Tour as it goes on.
The Tour is staying at the " Armitage Hotel " complex on Saturday the 18th as an overnight stop.
Will try to find out the time, for us locals .. - Nigel Watts !!
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This Austin Healey, one of several built apparently, put a modern style [ for the time ] GT Coupe body on the 3000 chassis and mechanicals.
Had first seen a bit about the car in one of the " Tintin " books - published by the Belgium Author a few years ago.
The Tintin image - the page from the book.
Another copy of the image with the Tintin Book- the notes were translated by Google as noted.
The car was styled by " Pininfarina " - by some of his younger stylists / designers.
One version of the real car.
Not much detail on these ..
A custom Healey 100 .. with an A C - Cobra -esque nose .. used on the A C Bristol and and A C Zephyr well before the Cobra.
This photo is in one of the Geoff Healey books on the Austin Healey marque - the first one, the story of the " Big Healey "
A Dutch Healey Club meeting with a group of cars at Zandvoort Race Track in 1993.
Healey Silverstone [ Riley 2.4 litre Hi-cam motor ] on the inside and a Sprite on the outside and all the others behind them - on track.
Heard yesterday that Craig Swift passed away after a short illness on the 6th of March.
Met Craig first in 1977 at the Austin Healey Rally at New Plymouth and at many rallies after that that.
Craig, along with Ross Cammick, Bryan and Brenda Harris and myself all left Auckland in July 1982 to attend the " 30th Anniversary of the Austin Healey " at Snowmass and travelled together over the next few weeks, to Colorado and back and around Los Angeles, before Craig went to New York and the other 4 bought the VW Kombi and toured the West Coast of the USA for the next two months.
Had heard from Bryan that Craig was not good and a few days later Jim Reece advised he had passed.
RIP Craig Swift ..
A few photos - in memory.
The Kiwi contingent at Snowmass in July 1982. Craig in the middle of the back row ..- as named below -
- article by Mark Donaldson NZ Healey Club and photo by Hans Nohr - who organised 5 of us Kiwi's to get from los Angeles to Snowmass and back in 10 Austin Healey's a Lincoln a Jaguar and a couple of other cars ..
Craig sitting in Bill Barnett's 100 at Bill's house in Santa Ana Los Angeles in the top image.
Craigs BJ8 at Rotorua in 1980 - Craig looking in the boot - complete with the " Yellow AHCCNZ T - Shirt "
Craig had bought his AH 3000 in the early 1970's and had worked on it and kept it for well over 20 years.
[ He acquired the Registration Plate HS3000 in 1975 when a lot of " H " plates went to Healey owners to replace the damaged ones - as many did ]
The Tour had a formal Dinner last night in Karaka, South Auckland and the cars will be heading South, towards Tauranga tomorrow.Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
The " Austin - Healey Car Club of New Zealand Inc " was Officially incorporated in early 1973, after a group of Austin Healey enthusiasts got together at Mark Donaldson's house in 1972 - Mark had purchased an Austin Healey in 1971.
The Club is to celebrate its 50th Anniversary this year and as part of the celebration is ;
" The Austin-Healey Car Club of New Zealand's 50th Anniversary Grand Tour ; 16th March to 10th April 2023.
The Grand Tour will travel from Auckland to Invercargill via Tauranga March 18th, Turangi and Havelock North, arriving in Greytown on March 22nd.
Then to Wellington and across Cook Strait to to Blenheim 23rd March, through Hanmer to Christchurch March 29 -31 and then on to Dunedin 31st March 1 st April and to Invercargill on April 2nd.
Grand Tour actually finishes on April 4th, some are off to Wheels at Wanaka for Easter April 7th - 9th.
Heard about the Official Dinner in Auckland [ Karaka ] on March 16th and the Grand Tour from Mark Donaldson when we were at the NSCC Reunion back in August.
Details are now in the Classic Driver Magazine along with the feature article on 6 different Austin Healeys, a 100 M spec 4, 100S Replica, 100 Six, 3000 and a Bugeye [now MK1 ] Sprite also a Jensen Healey.
Healey and Jensen Healey cars have always been welcome in the Club..
Jensen Healeys were new cars in 1973,first released in 1972.
Hope to catch up with the Tour when they come through Tauranga and get a few photos.
More to come on the Grand Tour as it goes on.
The Tour is staying at the " Armitage Hotel " complex on Saturday the 18th as an overnight stop.
Will try to find out the time, for us locals .. - Nigel Watts !!
I understand they will be in small groups, not a convoy, and are coming over the Kaimai's a decision made because of the flooding in the Gorge.
The are approx 80 people attending some or part of the Tour [ a few doing the South Island only ].
Hoping to see people I have not seen in 25 or so years ..
Have to get out the memorabilia.. and dress appropriately.
Saw the group in Tauranga and have photos to download..
In the interim there are these from Fred Fowler from Omokoroa who is on the tour.
The cars at Greytown today 22nd March.
Tomorrow they head for Wellington and the Cook Strait Ferry,
The car closest to camera is the " Valiant Healey " powered by a 225 ci slant six Valiant Motor,it was towing a Healey shaped trailer - the rear was a Fibreglass moulding of an AH 3000 rear shroud and boot -owner Grant Mackenzie rebuilt the car and built the trailer.
More to come both my own photos and others posted by Tour people..
The Grand Tour in the central North Island on 19/20th March.
They left Tauranga 19th and overnighted at Turangi
The Valiant Healey with Trailer, behind is the support AUdi which is driven by the Alan's Allan Horner and Alan Johnstone.
It has the Club Logos on the door and is towing a trailer to help the participants.
The names starts with the right letters ..
Grant McKenzie [correct spelling ] and others including Frank Karl
The group at dinner. Alister Rayner from Queensland on the right Alister owns the Recreation of AHS3601
[ AHS 3601 R ] The car built /recreated by Steve Pike in Australia.
Alister is driving a BN1 AH 100 with registration BNI which is usually at Highland Motorsport Park in the collection there.
These photos appeared on the AHCCNZ Facebook page and have been " borrowed ".
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