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PAUL161

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Just discovered this photo and was wondering if anyone knows anything about the car in general. Probably should have put it in the Healey forum as it's supposed to be a Healey Sport, but you know, out of habit. I didn't know they existed and what is supposed to be so sporty about it to deserve the name?

Oops, forgot the photo.

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Paul - if you want me to, I'll move it for you....
 
Hap Waldrop said:
Maybe a Healey Nash.
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You might be right Hap. I wouldn't have even considered it being a Healey if it wasn't mentioned below the photo. Funny thing is, it looks like it might have split rims. I've never seen them on cars, only trucks, if that's what they are. Anyway, the cars design doesn't look British to me, even though by all accounts it is. Just a curiosity on my part.
 
Did the Westland-Healey have sliding entry doors? I believe I saw one in a collection out in Washington State a couple of years ago.
 
No. The Healeys of that era had reverse-hinged doors (like an MG-TC).
Although this red car has normal-hinged doors.

Again, I'm not sure what the original red car above is....but the grill
is so similar to the Healeys that I'd assume it's a one-off based on a Westland or Elliot.

The "sliding door" car that you are thinking of is probably a Kaiser-Darrin,
which has very similar lines to the Westland.

Kaiser-Darrin
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<u>Note:</u>-I posted Paul's picture of this red car on the
Healey forum to see if anyone has any ideas about this "Mystery Healey"
 
PAUL161 said:
Hap Waldrop said:
Maybe a Healey Nash.
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You might be right Hap. I wouldn't have even considered it being a Healey if it wasn't mentioned below the photo. Funny thing is, it looks like it might have split rims. I've never seen them on cars, only trucks, if that's what they are. Anyway, the cars design doesn't look British to me, even though by all accounts it is. Just a curiosity on my part.
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I have seen those kind of wheels on a 38 Rolls Royce at a car show earlier this year. Those are balance weights and the wheels have threaded holes to accept those bolts on which you add or subtract wheel weights to get them balanced.
 
Yup, definitely a Healey - Abbott I think.
 
aeronca65t said:
The "sliding door" car that you are thinking of is probably a Kaiser-Darrin, which has very similar lines to the Westland.
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Yep! That's it! It was a cream coloured tourer...the driver's door was off-track at the time.
 
Ok, as far as I can tell by researching the car, it's a Healey Abbott as stated by billspohn. It's a rare car as only 77 were built. It had a 2450 cc Riley engine. Built between 1950 & 1954. Here is a photo of an Abbott with a slightly different style body. I like this car as it appears more streamlined and does look more sporty. Since only 77 were built, I would think it could be fairly valuable.


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Well Jeff, I was dancing around it. But had two cars mixed up. The first photo is partially right as the photo stated it was a Healey Sport. They just left off the (smobile).
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The second photo is an Abbott and the article states that only 77 of them were built. Evidently these cars were not very popular and probably contributed to the very low production. I wouldn't mind having the Abbott in my possession though.
 
Re billspohn: This car is not an Abbott, is is a Healey Sportsmobile. Check my post on the Healey Forum. The Riley 2.4 litre four cylinder motor does indeed have two camshafts but they are not overhead! The cams run high in the block and prod the valves via short pushrods. The early Triumph motor-cycle (not the current whiz-bang)engine, Lea Francis cars and the ERA racing car also use this method. Thanks to Ed.K for explaining the wheels. I have seen these before but have never been able to work out what the three plugs are for!
 
Re Paul161: That beautiful Healey is a Tickford, not an Abbott. Abbott was a company that specialised in shop-fitting! They diversified into car body production as there was a market for such things in the late '40s. Tickford is a proper coach builder whose bodies can be seen on all sorts of classy cars. Tickford later became home of Aston-Martin and is now part of the Ford empire.
 
pan said:
Re Paul161: That beautiful Healey is a Tickford, not an Abbott. Abbott was a company that specialised in shop-fitting! They diversified into car body production as there was a market for such things in the late '40s. Tickford is a proper coach builder whose bodies can be seen on all sorts of classy cars. Tickford later became home of Aston-Martin and is now part of the Ford empire.
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Pan, Thank you for clearing this up. So now I can say, even though it will never come to pass, that I wouldn't mind having that beautiful "Healy Tickford" in my possession. Do you know how many were made? PJ
 
Pan,

If I may change the topic...

I noted your tagline <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Thirty eight years in one 100, still going strong! [/QUOTE]

I was on Holiday in Australia early this year and met a fellow driving a lovely 100-6 at a gas station north of Brisbane. We talked for a few minutes about his car and mine... He said that he had had the car for many years...

A very long shot... Did you by chance meet a 'Yank' at a Gas station in March???
 
OPA2 said:
Hello Paul, the unknown car is a Healey Sportsmobile from July 1949, it is my car
You can read more about it on: https://www.healey-classic.de
The picture is from 2006, the car is now restored with new steering-box, hood and leather
Bernd
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First, Welcome to the forum! Thank you for letting us know more about the car and it's location. Don't be a stranger on the forum. We all like to hear about other peoples adventures in the restoring of these little cars. PJ
 
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