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A great story about 86 year-old Don Bunker who's still driving the 100 he bought in 1959 ... and also flies his own plane – a 1948 Temco Swift. Here's to many more miles. :cheers:

https://www.ocregister.com/articles/healey-627147-bunker-car.html
 
Well that proves that some of us old guys still get around pretty good. Think young as I always say! It keeps you healthier, wealthier and wiser! Well, wealthier is questionable. :highly_amused: PJ
 
Hey Rick,
Gives me hope I can still get in and out of mine in 20 more years !!! Neat story, thanks for sharing it.
Regards
Mike
 
We've got one of those guys in our local club. He bought his 100 new in the UK when he was there in the Air Force.
 
I just bought my '54 100 from the 86 year old original owner... He was driving it with hand controls up until about 10 years ago. He had polio as a child and drove the Healey for 50 years with hand controls. I guess thanks to how difficult it was for him to drive it, it now still only has 26K miles from new. He was a car designer for Raymond Loewy at Studebaker working alongside Gerry Coker (who designed the 100) when he bought the car in '54.

Good to see some guys are still fit enough at that age to enjoy the hobby.
 
Great story--and I also liked that the journalist actually got all the details correct regarding Austin Healeys!
 
I've known Don since I was an early teen learning to fly at Meadowlark Airport in the mid-70's. I'd remembered him from then years later when I moved my airplane to Chino and got reacquainted with him. I didn't remember he had a Healey. I grew up in Huntington Beach and my folks still live there, hope to bump into him again as I've not seen him at the airport in some time. Small world, huh?
Chris...
 
stuntflyr said:
I've known Don since I was an early teen learning to fly at Meadowlark Airport in the mid-70's. I'd remembered him from then years later when I moved my airplane to Chino and got reacquainted with him. I didn't remember he had a Healey. I grew up in Huntington Beach and my folks still live there, hope to bump into him again as I've not seen him at the airport in some time. Small world, huh?
Chris...
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I was going to send this story to you if you didn't see the post as I thought you told me you flew out of Chino. There's hope for us "Young guys" still.
 
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