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Mystery Healey Photo
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You win the prize Doug. I'm not sure what it is, but I'm sure that the original poster will have something nice for you!
Yes, that was me with my second Healey. I had just turned 20 and was just back from Basic Training at sunny Fort Knox, Kentucky, all "lean and mean" and ready to go help win the Cold War.
That khaki shirt was actually a hand-me-down from an uncle who was a Sea-Bee in World War II. I used to wear it at my summer job as a maintenance man at the Flamingo Motel in Portland.
That Healey was eventually stolen and never recovered. The front license plate was one I bought, from Moss I think, with my initials and birthday (July 13, you see). The police never questioned it (I had a legal Oregon plate on the back).
The photo comes from my member profile in the December 1972 edition of <span style="font-style: italic">Healey Highlights</span> (former name of <span style="font-style: italic">Austin-Healey Magazine</span>).
See how well I can remember stuff so well from 40 years ago? It's the stuff that happened recently that gets foggy...
Yes, that was me with my second Healey. I had just turned 20 and was just back from Basic Training at sunny Fort Knox, Kentucky, all "lean and mean" and ready to go help win the Cold War.
That khaki shirt was actually a hand-me-down from an uncle who was a Sea-Bee in World War II. I used to wear it at my summer job as a maintenance man at the Flamingo Motel in Portland.
That Healey was eventually stolen and never recovered. The front license plate was one I bought, from Moss I think, with my initials and birthday (July 13, you see). The police never questioned it (I had a legal Oregon plate on the back).
The photo comes from my member profile in the December 1972 edition of <span style="font-style: italic">Healey Highlights</span> (former name of <span style="font-style: italic">Austin-Healey Magazine</span>).
See how well I can remember stuff so well from 40 years ago? It's the stuff that happened recently that gets foggy...
Randy Forbes
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I nominate this for thread of the month.
I'd also like to suggest that we have a thread of the month :wink:
Wow Reid,'72 and already on your 2nd Healey!? I didn't get involved (or as some would say, sucked in...) with British cars until I bought a new MGB in 1973. My first, and current, Healey came 5 years later.
Ahh, to be young again...
I'd also like to suggest that we have a thread of the month :wink:
Wow Reid,'72 and already on your 2nd Healey!? I didn't get involved (or as some would say, sucked in...) with British cars until I bought a new MGB in 1973. My first, and current, Healey came 5 years later.
Ahh, to be young again...
Bob_Spidell
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Clearly, Reid doesn't like bumpers (we can see the progression, starting with the overriders ...).
Dougie - Congratulations!!!! You are absolutely correct. As The Grand Prize Winner -
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I came across the Dec 72 Healey Highlights in the basement recently and then I happened to read the June issue of Healey Marque, where Reid updated his photo with that of a youngster in a yellow dump truck. Perhaps he may reconsider and replace that with this Healey appropriate one.
jim
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I came across the Dec 72 Healey Highlights in the basement recently and then I happened to read the June issue of Healey Marque, where Reid updated his photo with that of a youngster in a yellow dump truck. Perhaps he may reconsider and replace that with this Healey appropriate one.
jim
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So, Reid, did you race your 25% the next year?
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dougie said:
Doug, I think it clearly states, <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">next</span></span> summer...