BBC's - Golden Age of British Sports Cars

[dougie]

This series aired last fall in the UK. If you have an hour to kill, it's a great watch with some wonderful period shots of Healeys.
I really love the English couple profiled. As they say, "Those were the days"....

 

[Editor_Reid]

I really love the English couple profiled. As they say, "Those were the days"....

John and Heather Wheatley. John is the original owner of his 1954 BN1. They honeymooned in it. John worked for Austin, beginning with an apprenticeship after school. As you saw, he's not a fan of Triumphs (and he actually held back on his comments about them in the video; you should hear what he has to say about them privately!)

I last saw John at the Healey Museum opening in The Netherlands in November. John is the guy who made a handwritten transcript of the surviving microfilm of the Job Production Cards in the mid-1980s, allowing us to have the complete details and quantity of 100M models made. I believe that he is still the only source of this information, apart from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust from whom you buy your Production Records Trace certificates.

 

[simon1966]

That was great, really enjoyed the last hour! Thanks for posting.