Anyone have vintage race pictures?

[Healey_Z]

I've seen some ralley pictures, I'm interested in those, but also road race pictures if anyone has some they can share. I'm interested to see how they were dressed out.

 

[Deleted member 8987]

I have a bunch of B&W's, some Torrey Pines, some March, some Santa Barbara, some of race/ralleye/attendee's cars en-route (including a gull-wing on the early SoCal freeway in the desert).
One looks like a Mexican Police Officer standing by the track, so who knows.

My Uncle pit crewed at most of those places, and took the photos.

 

[Healey_Z]

any you could share/post?

 

[Deleted member 8987]

They are all B&W prints, about 5X7 size. Once, before I had a decent scanner, someone scaned them....but they saved them too small for good detail.
Got the small ones in my confuser, if your e-mail is listed in your profile, I'll send them.
Dave

 

[OZ_BN1]

Depending on your thoughts on facebook

but worth a look

Austin Healey Historic Pictures on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45153476969

 

[HealeyRick]

Here you go, Ken: https://www.healeyracing.com/index.php

 

[Frankenhealey]

If you follow this thread here you'll find some great pictures of Forrest 'Bud' Dana and his Chevy 100-6 in the 1960 Nassau 250.

When was the last time a Healey led a 'near' Grand Prix from a Le Mans start with Ferrari Testarossas and Lotus 19s in the race

 

[HealeyRick]

Something like this, perhaps?

 

[Frankenhealey]

Rick,

Read the stuff on Bud Dana. It's illuminating! Also if you've got a 100-6 with a 283, triple deuces, Muncie transmission and Healey rear end you should be able to get FIA papers for it as it (thanks to Bud) 'raced in period'.

Cheers,

Ian

 

[Healey_Z]

Rick, that site was great! Thanks for the pics Dave, here was the best one.

It looks like Healeys were mainly competing in SCCA track events, without factory teams / sponsors and such.

 

[HealeyRick]

This is what a 1963 Sebring car looks like. This one is 54 FAC

 

[Barryp]

HealeyZ,

I probably have a couple hundred SCCA pics from '57 to '73, taken at midwest and eastern US tracks. I can email or post a few. Here's one of my dad's 100 in 57 prior to roll bars and seatbelts being mandated. Being safety minded he'd installed a set of surplus military belts.

Barry

 

[DerekJ]

Healyrick

That is a photo of the Sebring car as newly restored by it's Dutch owners. What I don't understand is why they painted it that colour. The original cars were Healey Blue and this looks like a kind of non-metallic airforce blue. I saw it at LeMans last year.

 

[Healey_Z]

Thanks Rick.

Barry, That is awesome.

thx,
Ken

 

[glemon]

I don'y have pics, but remember looking at a book a couple times, "American Racing: Portrait of the 50s and 60s" Tom Burnside, Denise McCluggage, I didn't buy it, but I remember it had lots of pictures of 100s in SCCA racing in the 50s, not sure about rally pics though.

 

[dougie]

Healey Z -

If you're just looking for period race photos of all makes this is a great site.
https://ferrariexperts.com/etceterini%20period%20race%20car%20photos.htm

 

[Healey_Z]

Dougie, Thanks, those are awesome. My next project will probably be an early Ferrari TR replica of some sorts, so that link got put in my "next project" folder.