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

[Ray Bell]

Definitely a V8 in there, most likely a 265 or 283 I'd say.

It does take all kinds.

I should mention, also, that the Alan Jones (Alan was a mover and shaker in the Sydney branch of the AHOC) 100S, which he completed restoring shortly before his unfortunate death about forty years ago, was imported from the US with a Chev V8 installed and an ugly nose grafted onto it.

[Roger Dowding]

Definitely a V8 in there, most likely a 265 or 283 I'd say.

It does take all kinds.

I should mention, also, that the Alan Jones (Alan was a mover and shaker in the Sydney branch of the AHOC) 100S, which he completed restoring shortly before his unfortunate death about forty years ago, was imported from the US with a Chev V8 installed and an ugly nose grafted onto it.

Just reading Geoff Healey's book " The Specials " and there is a great photo of Alan Jones 100S .. didn't realise it was rebuilt that much..

[Ray Bell]

When I was with Racing Car News Alan wrote a great article for us about Healeys in Australia.

We ran it over two issues. It outlined all about the different special models and racing histories, though not in infinite detail. It did project the harmony that was in existence at that time among Australian Healey enthusiasts. We had more 100S cars in Australia than existed anywhere else in the world at that time and Alan had not long completed his restoration.

Between the publication of the first of those issues and the second, Alan died in a crazy road accident the weekend of the Winton Historic meeting. Sheer tragedy.

[Roger Dowding]

When I was with Racing Car News Alan wrote a great article for us about Healeys in Australia.

We ran it over two issues. It outlined all about the different special models and racing histories, though not in infinite detail. It did project the harmony that was in existence at that time among Australian Healey enthusiasts. We had more 100S cars in Australia than existed anywhere else in the world at that time and Alan had not long completed his restoration.

Between the publication of the first of those issues and the second, Alan died in a crazy road accident the weekend of the Winton Historic meeting. Sheer tragedy.

Ray, thanks for the details, I know Alwyn Keepence from Austin Healey Owners Club of Queensland had said there were 13 100S in Australia at one stage [ out of the 55 / 57 built - 50 as customer cars 5 as works cars and an extra two as Record Breakers] some were rebuilt and rebuilt by The Healey family at Warwick

[Ray Bell]

There was also a head for the 100S engine for record-breaking which had four SU carbies... two each side.

That also made its way to Australia.

Another (almost) unique Austin Healey here belonged to John Grey in Melbourne. It was a Healey 4000, one of three completed prototypes and three incomplete ones, built six inches wider than the 3000s and sporting the Princess R engine, but fitted with a head with both inlet and exhaust valves in it.

Production was abandoned with the BLMC merger as they had a surplus of 6-cylinder sports cars. TR6, GT6, E-type and the mighty MGC.

[Roger Dowding]

Thanks all on TRS for the interest in this thread, It is fun getting and posting photos and other information.
I have certainly learnt a bit about processing photos,scanning cropping and submitting in the last few years.

Not much new stuff from me, these days as not getting to many meetings.
Hope to make the July " Caffeine and Classics " , to catch up with ERC, BMC BOY, and others, as in Auckland for a few weeks, in the meantime a photo of some small Austin - Healeys.




P.S. Have just re-read Five Healey books,the two by Donald and the three by Geoffrey Healey, the last one " The Specials ".

and to finish the Walt Glendenning BN6 100/6 in the Colorado Mountains July 1982.



and the " Car Wash " before the start of the Snowmass trip - the BN6, with our BJ9 the Lincoln Coupe.
Hans Nohr, holding Brenda Harris, Sergio, Bryan Harris BMC Boy, Walt close to camera and Craig Swift


Bar-be-Que cooking, myself and Dave Ritchie at Jim Mann's place Ventura Ca, after the Snowmass trip. Dave Ritchie doing the hard work, me watching, I am good at that !!

[Ray Bell]

Aussies had a big Healey-based trip to the US back about 16 or 18 years ago...

Among the events in which they participated was a visit to the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen, where Mike Argetsinger gave a welcoming speech.

I suspect some of those Aussies would have been more than a little surprised at how well-informed Michael was with some of the people involved in Austin Healeys in Australia.

[Roger Dowding]

Had seen ABL6 in Oregon back in 1988 when visiting Bill and Pat Bolton in Corvallis Oregon

here a cropped photo from BMCBOY from the late 1980's with Bill Bolton talking to Mark Donaldson.



and at the 5th European Healey Meeting [ photos from Austin Healey Poland ]

[Roger Dowding]

Ross Jensen in the car AHS3908 - with the chrome vents on the scuttle - they are still there after the restoration in recent years

This is at Dunedin from Graham Woods - I have got 1957 ** on the photo. It is 1956 - now have the entry list thanks to Graham Woods -



Originally wrote " Not a 100S but a 100 at the back of interesting field at Waimate 1961 "

There are two Healeys #53 was Josh Timms in the 100S AHS3802 owned by Doctor Fred Losee of the USA and the other one is the ex- Kennard Healey-Corvette in the hands of E D [ Ed ] Candy.
Have just re-read the Waimate 50 book with the details.
The Healey Corvette was there again in the last running of the Waimate 50, the race changed from a 50 lap race to a 50 mile race [ 40 laps ] The Healey Corvette won the Sports and racing car race and came 3rd in the Sports cars only race in the hands of G Smith.
There are more photos in the book which I intend scanning and putting up a Waimate 50 story.
Thanks to Bruce Dyer SpGeti for sending me the book back in 2015 or so.



The Officials at Waimate meeting 1959 - includes E D Candy who owned a Healey 100 [ the Healey - Corvette ] and raced in the late 1950's early 1960's

[Roger Dowding]

What is a 100.5 a " Typo " of Healey ..
Look at the names in that entry list thanks Graham Woods - Graham now highlights me when he posts Austin Healey photos - a bit like Ray Green ERC and Nigel Watts, cheers Guys.


The car again;

[Roger Dowding]

Thanks to the AHCoA for the photo ;


Creator of cars like this - this one a famous car from the 1960 Sebring Race part of a team of three !!



and a famous car from New Zealand, still here !!

[Oldfart]

Nice tribute to a very nice man.

[Ray Bell]

The 100S is fairly obvious by its grille shape...

There's one among these photos I copied from an old lady's photo album a few years ago:



David Shmith's Austin-Healey 100 at Bathurst in 1954. Before they had to distinguish between the 100/4 and 100/6.



There's a couple or more in this one lining up for a race at Gnoo Blas about 1959.



A 100S which raced here for some time was the Gunnedah-based Sam Miller car. Below it's at the Tamworth hillclimb...



Sam was at that time the custodian of a Lancia Lambda too. This had been driven to their farm new in the twenties and lived in the same shed until Sam's nephews, the last of the line, died in the nineties. They had, by that time, given it a nice new paint job.

[Roger Dowding]

Ray Bell, thanks for those, I am sure the cars not seen by many others before this..

[Ray Bell]

I should put more of the old lady's photos on this forum, really...

Though only pit area shots, and also sub-standard and black and white, there are hundreds of them and some of cars nobody else bothered to photograph. The earliest are from Bathurst in 1948.

[Oldfart]

Yes Ray, you should.

[Roger Dowding]

Yes Ray, you should.

You certainly should Ray Bell - more is better !!

[Roger Dowding]

A couple of interesting photos, " borrowed " of course.

First car looks like a 100 but is actually a 6 cylinder car chassis with a 100/4 front.. impressive, I like it .
Was at the 5th European Meeting just recently. would like more photos of it.
Thanks to Clas Arleskar who was at the meeting got an award for most popular.
Has the mirror finish on the bulkhead which can make it seem that it has 6 twin choke Webers..



Chris Dimmocks 3000 that has had triple Webers since 1969 - thanks Chris.

[Roger Dowding]

Photo by Tony Adams - posted by Buckler cars and Karts because of the Buckler driven here by Jim Boyd.

The field as advised by Kelvin Brown - NZ Buckler archivist;

Car #1 Healey Corvette, Kennard. #16 Cooper T39 1100 McKay, 3rd place. #4 Palm Beach Allard, Naisbet. #5 DD1 Buckler Boyd. #11 TF MG ?. to left out of photo D type Jag Gibbons 2nd. and Cooper T39 1500 Brabham, 1st.



About the Buckler

Graham Kyle wrote ; I have gleaned as much information as I could. The Buckler DD1 was driven by Jim Boyd. He also entered the Lady Wigram Trophy race with this car, and finished in 18th place. The information I have received on the car is as follows. Buckler DD1 Le Mans de Dion rear end, powered by an Coventry Climax 83 bhp stage ll alloy block FWA 1098 cc.

Austin - Healey the Ward Special from Australia, apparently is now in Europe


My modern - The Suzuki SX4 parked on the road [ Car now in NZ ] and my brother in law Clive in the picture - yellow hat, my Motoring companion when living there. This was the AHOCQ meeting in Scarborough Brisbane 2016

[Roger Dowding]

Just some random stuff on Supercharging a BMC A series motor for a Sprite or other car.

The article with the Title



a Donald Healey Motor Company advert



An installed supercharger - not sure if a Shorrock !!



Tom Colby answered it is a Judson..