1275 engine, 948 body.

Yes the parts are all stock but for the added holes in the rear.

I really like the Monza "quick fill" oil cap!
Jeff

Alex, Jack means that the rear axle looks stock except for the holes drilled in it.

Anyone ever seen this modification of the rear axle?
Has it something to do with the ground clearance?

Untill today I have seen a lot of pictures of other cars but no one with the same rear end body! Anyone else seen this rear end before?

Jack: restoration is interesting but there is some serious distance between your and my place...

The rear end looks the same, but it appears that holes were drilled into it to reduce the weight.

Patrick

Can't beleive that little bit of unsprung weight would make a difference that could be detected.

Hello!

Long time no posting but still interested in more information. In the meantime I have found out that the car with the last English owner was present at the 15th Anniversary of the Dutch Healey Club, this was in 1990 in the Netherlands. At that moment the car did have the original English plates on it.
A video of this meeting shows the car several times. The exhaust sounds great, cannot wait to get the car rolling again!

If anybody can give more info please post. Untill today I did not find another can with the same body.

Alex

I think it's a Lenham, see a previous inquiry and some fairly wide-ranging replies at http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16045

I think it IS a Lenham!! The flat, Kamm-back tail and the recessed headlights all fit the right profile, though I think it is similar to the Sebring front end treatment with recessed headlights! I have seen that nose before, just can't place it. Perhaps a Lenham with a more streamlined nose fitted for competition.

Less oz.s....more power:weight, Jack, every little bit helps!

Alex, does this look familiar?
Jeff

Interesting, I have now seen three rear views of what definitly looks like similar Lenham rears, and in each pic. the fuel filler is in a different place!! The filler on Alex's car is even in the stock location. Not surprising though and each one has different tail-light treatments too!

PS My BE has a flip-up filler like those pictured. After losing a few caps I went junk-yarding one day and found an old Sunbeam rotting away. The only decent part left on it was the filler, so I grabbed it and have loved it ever since!

Jeff, I have seen that yellow car before. In the meanwhile I do have a lot of pictures of cars which do have similar bodies (the yellow one is one of them). At that time it was no problem to positon the rear lights and filler cap as the builder wanted.

Regarding to the front I do have more questions. On all pictures I do have the position of the front indicator lights are placed on a different spot, also the shape of the "mouth" is different. These 2 issues are not easy to change, you do need a different mouldig for this.
In fact I do not have a picture of the front of the yellow car, maybe you can help me with this?
At most of the Lenham cars I have seen is the distance between the headlights and indicator lights bigger.
See enclosed picture of the inside of my front.

I am really interesed if my car is a special one or just a modified car by one of the owners.

If anyone does have more info please post it!

Alex

Alex:

I am providing a link I put up quite some time ago.
This link shows various "Spridget Specials" and may help you with your research.

Please click ~HERE!~

Note: This link is just the first of 7 pages. Be sure to look at all 7 pages that start at this link.

Thanks!
I have seen these (all) pages before. In fact no new information regarding the front.

Hopefully some other experts can help me.

If necessary I do have a lot of pictures of this car available.

Regards,

Alex

What more information do you need? I think you have a consensus that it's a Lenham.

By the way, at one point I though it might be an Ashley but it isn't... See this