Goldie Going to Auction

[HealeyRick]

https://blog.hemmings.com/index.php...ley-show-car-offered-at-worldwide/?refer=news

 

[judow]

Okay, here it goes...

I WILL NOT be a bidder. Candidly I think it's just way too much and not at all attractive.

 

[drambuie]

I know of someone here in Chicago that may be interested in it to go along with his fur cape and other trinkets he bought on my dime here in Chicago!

 

[why]

Good Grief

 

[AUSMHLY]

Sort of, use your imagination, reminds me of the Barbie doll healey (it was orange/chrome).

OK, so anything Healey seems to be going up in value.
Check out this, NIB Barbie doll Austin Healey...on Amazon. Price, wait for it, wait....$1,299.99
https://www.amazon.com/Barbies-SPORTSCAR-AUSTIN-HEALEY-Barbie/dp/B0050JBJJ2

 

[Editor_Reid]

I really wish that it could go to the Healey Museum in The Netherlands, but I suspect that the high bid will be a budget-buster. It is, of course, way over the top with mega-bling, but understood in the context of its time and purpose, it is a very interesting historical example.

Of course, Bruce and Inan Phillips of Healey Surgeons restored it way back when - many years ago now - and I'm not sure that they have overcome the sticker shock of the price of gold plating even by now. I hope that no one gets aggressive with the Brasso on that stuff - that would be a very expensive mistake.

I remember when it was on display at Healey Surgeons, Bruce and Inan had one of those plastic, fake, half-melted ice cream bars that they would place on the mink insert of one of the seats. You couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of it. However, Inan was not chuckling when a certain Texan enthusiast (who must remain nameless... let's just call him "Scotty") got naked and sat on the mink seats to see what it felt like. The car was on display inside a host hotel of a Conclave at the time. Inan was not amused...

 

[Bob_Spidell]

There's gold on that car? I can't see past the atrocious bodywork on the bottom edge.

 

[Editor_Reid]

There's gold on that car? I can't see past the atrocious bodywork on the bottom edge.

I'm not sure if it is the problem, but I think that replacement wings and rockers were not shaped so well in the days when the car was restored, thus the sharp angle where the wing meets the rocker. I agree, it is one of the first things I notice about a restored car too.

 

[BigGreen]

I really wish that it could go to the Healey Museum in The Netherlands, ...

Would be nice next to this one ...

Hans (been there last Sunday)

 

[nevets]

Gorgeous!

 

[vette]

I saw this car once as well. At the time I too believed that it was way over the top. But in keeping it with its historical perspective, this car is a rare historical item. I hope it is put in a place of honor. Remember where it came from. And all Healeys should be preserved. Dave.

 

[longbridgehealey]

I saw it years ago over at Healey Surgeons. Glad I saw it, not sure I would want to be seen in it....