Healarossa; anybody ever seen, or heard of it?

[Randy Forbes]

Spotted on one of Hemming's online pages:

Link with more pictures: https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/austin-healey/100-4/1749164.html?refer=blog

Some mad skills with a wheel and hammers, that's for sure!

 

[Jerry]

Nice body work, and I like the look. might be more aerodynamic than a full Healey body. That V8 should make it go too! I would burn my leg on the exhaust a few times.
Jerry

 

[HealeyRick]

It was on BringATrailer earlier: https://bringatrailer.com/2015/07/04/healarossa-1953-austin-healey-chevy-special/ and advertised for sale on race-cars.com: https://www.race-cars.com/carsales/austinhl/1423510583/1423510583ss.htm I couldn't find any info when it was created or history it may have. It also appears in this video with Mike Joy @ 1:22