Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others

[Roger Dowding]

[Roger Dowding]

Was at their annual Show and Shine today around 50 cars, will post some photos when my camera recharges.

[Roger Dowding]

Standing beside a 100 modified to M Spec, owner Norman also has a TR3A #11


Healey Coupe - The " Ward Healey 100 " [ for sale ] and a 100 photo #5


Widened 3000, work done in Melbourne on a 1966 3000, 3 inches added to the width of the car, modified engine as well #9


General view with the 100 and Coupe #3


An Austin Sprite [ no Healey in the name - after the agreement has finished with Donald Healey Motor Company in 1969/70 #20


Heavily modified Sprite with a Turbo and Fuel injection #8


Took 22 photos, more to follow, will put the rest in order.

[Roger Dowding]

general scene #1

3000's #4

Number plate says it all QLD not Oregon this time " 55 BN1 " #7

100/6 #10

line up rear views #12

Sprites #13

[Roger Dowding]

100's several #14


Healey coupe #15


those 100's again a pair #16


100/6 Hardtop #17


general view - the rear of the cars #18


100/4 #21

[Roger Dowding]

Shots of the Ward Coupe.. wish I had taken a closeup of the notice board with information on the car.

[Roger Dowding]

Repeating the pictures, have enlarged the information boards..

The widened 3000
the car


the details - not a great angle


The BN1 Ward Special Coupe
the car


the details. If I see the car displayed again - will take better photo

[Roger Dowding]

A reproduction brochure, created in 1982 by Austin Healey Association in the USA about the 1961-62 Tri-Carb 3000's. from the original released at the time.



Technical details ;

[Roger Dowding]

First overnight stop in Flagstaff on the old Route 66, where we met up with more Healey's and other travellers in a Jaguar and a Datsun [ their Healey was anon-runner ].
Henning Krebs 3000, BMC BOY recently sent a picture of this car at California Healey Week 1983, as he stayed in the USA, after I left for England in late September 1982
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Decisions ? which camera do I use ??, Jim Mann from Ventura - he owned the Lincoln we used
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The line up Healeys that Lincoln the Jaguar and the Datsun .. the Datsun had trouble keeping up in the run through Colorado [ the 55mph speed limit was advisory only to our group ]
The lead car had a Radar Detector and a CB radio, the last car had a Radar detector pointing out the rear out the rear and a CB radio - to listen to the truckies, and control the convoy.
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Healey trio the Lincoln and Jaguar
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Sprinting to his Healey Hans Nohr, and a great looking 1961-62 Chev Coupe. having set up camera's for pictures of the groups cars.

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Road sign seen from a Healey, at the Junction of Interstate 40 and Highway 89, which we went on to [ part of Historic Route 66 at this stage
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Have now found the Route Map and list of cars that went, as prepared in June 1982, a couple of the Healey's didn't go as not ready or unable to complete the journey, hence the Jaguar and Datsun, the Lincoln was the kiwi's transport, as mentioned

[Roger Dowding]

The Map, of the journey to get there, via Flagstaff and Durango, returning was different as via Williams and the Grand Canyon



The South Central Coast group list


In the mountains of Colorado


Most of the cars at Flagstaff [ shown before ].

[Roger Dowding]

Graham Roberts in his LHD Healey 3000 on skinny tyres, going hard at Pukekohe in a drift. date unknown but around 1979 - 81 ..



A group of Healey's being prepared for a Concours, think it is the 1981 Rally at Rotorua..



That's me Hat and beard, Ross Cammick's 3000 past the Sprite and Reg Whittakers 100/8 beside that.
the first car is I think a Wellington car

[BMCBOY]

Has anyone got any photos of the Austin-Healeys that raced in the Classic car race at Wellington in 1985?

An article is being written about them and the writer would like some illustrations for it.

Thanks,
Ross Cammick

[Roger Dowding]

Has anyone got any photos of the Austin-Healeys that raced in the Classic car race at Wellington in 1985?

An article is being written about them and the writer would like some illustrations for it.

Thanks,
Ross Cammick

Ross do you want me to post that on Facebook too !! or have you done so !!, I wasn't there so no shots ..

[Roger Dowding]

Graham Roberts in his LHD Healey 3000 on skinny tyres, going hard at Pukekohe in a drift. date unknown but around 1979 - 81 ..



A group of Healey's being prepared for a Concours, think it is the 1981 Rally at Rotorua..



That's me Hat and beard, Ross Cammick's 3000 past the Sprite and Reg Whittakers 100/8 beside that.
the first car is I think a Wellington car

One of the traditions at Rotorua was at the Motel, the party room was where the single guys were, (whether single - single or single as the wives [ WAGS ] had stayed home ) and a can Mountain was always built, to be taken down at the end of the weekend ..

Unsure what year but here are two photos I received recently from another AH Club guy.
no names are provided to protect the innocent !!.




After a bad experience at a Motel, I think the Kon Tiki, we superglued the cans together and instead of taking them down left them, as the Club made a decision never to return, the club had been at that motel many times, and got on well with the owners, the bad experience was with new owners, who had us spread all through the motel instead of all together, around 50 people or more, so we disturbed some guests.

[nigel watts]

[Roger Dowding]

Photo provided by Jim Reece, his car is the 6th from left with the Chrome Wheels, thought it was Ross' photo hence the title, but Ross says not his, could be John Rundle who owns the first car [ left ] and was a photographer of note.
It would be around 1973 - 74.. from what I have been told.

[Roger Dowding]

Under the bonnet, Ross Cammicks 3000, radiator is angled to accommodate Rack and Pinion Steering I believe, and the car had other mods over the years, especially after Ross travelled to the USA in 1982.
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Frank Karl's purple Healey in one of its many guises, without bumpers and a stick on number plate. Frank is standing behind the car
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a well known car from Wellington, owners name escapes for the moment.
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Those two Sprites, again
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Three big Healeys, including Ross Cammick's on the right, others are Craig Swift [ left ] and Des Spillane's 100.
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the line up at the Gymkhana, includes my TR a Jaguar, Hillman Hunter, a Mini and some Healeys - just as well as was a Healey event. The Gymkhana was held up in the Mamaku's and organised by Phil Mules, whose other Healeys and Cobra have featured on this thread.
Am going to repost some Healey photos from the Telecom Motorfest thread to here.
That is the end of the 1980 Rally pictures.

*** as noted the White 100 reg no BH2270 belonged to Des Spillane from Temuka, and is the car a I travelled at one time, must have been at this Rally.

[Roger Dowding]

*** as noted the White 100 reg no BH2270 belonged to Des Spillane from Temuka, and is the car a I travelled at one time, must have been at this Rally.

Des Spillane has a few photos of his car which I hope he will post on here, as he did a bit of competition, at Dunedin 1984, Wigram 1986 and i think Ohakea in 1982 ..

[Roger Dowding]

Des sent me this photo .. the car is still in his ownership but in bits, a project no doubt ??

[Roger Dowding]

1978, or could be a year or so later !! It is 1980, confirmed by Des, as he was there, and I was confused .. again !!, so many photo's



This Healey is there ..


and here ;


not sure if the same car /// ???.


can you see the Healey ?? I can..