Austin Healey Post War Evolution
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2018
- In 1945, fate brought Healey and his two partners to the picturesque midland town of Warwick. They were planning to produce a car in the style of Healey’s old four and a half liter Invictor. It would be capable of more than a hundred miles an hour, but smaller and with better handling.
Somehow or another, Wally Allen said that there’s a spare corner of our factory, you can start using that, and he started literally, uh, uh, derelict room at the Benford factory. From then on, he moved to another part of the factory which the Benfords had, and there, they set up the first production line.
The location of the factory was known as the cape, which seems odd, because Warwick is an inland town. But in these idyllic picture postcard English surroundings, there was indeed a cape that gave the factory its name. It also became an important meeting place for evening and weekend brainstorms and exchanges of ideas. The cape in question was not a geographical feature, it was an English pub, the Cape of Good Hope.
The cape factory site itself was rather less attractive, but it provided a setting for Donald Healey’s dream.
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I bought a new 1963 3000 Mk II in France in the '60's when I was in the Navy. Shipped it home and drove it out from Norfolk to California. Magnificent chick magnet. Wish I had hung on to it.
This is one of the classiest cars . Its right up there with the Morgan in looks and style . A car that draws stares wherever it passes .
I consider myself extremely fortunate to have begun my driving career in this era. My first car was a frog-eye, then two E-types, a Lotus Seven, I competed with all of them (but only achieved decent results with the Severn). Family cars during this era were mostly only capable of 80 - 90 mph, anything capable of 100+ was huge fun to drive; hanging the tail out and dragging it back in. Today's sports cars may well be capable of phenomenal speeds with outstanding handling, but where on the roads can you use it ? We had much less traffic to contend with, no speed tax camera, and generally, the police showed a fair bit of common sense. We were a very fortunate generation.
As the former owner of a 1959 Austin Healey 3000, nice to see the history.
For a moment I was back behind the wheel of my BT7. Thank you for the video
Great car loved it always wanted one of these. Thumbs up.
I’m enjoying the documentary and then the music starts again… It’s too loud and it’s distracting. I have no idea why it was added?
I was in total list for the original 100-4. From then on, everything BMC did to the car lessened it’s appeal for me. Putting the 6 in it, and removing the folding windscreen ruined it for me.
I had a Healey 3000, 1961 model, and should have kept it, but the most beautiful ones were the 100 fours, I wonder why they dont reproduce them, would be wonderful to see them on todays roads where every car looks just the same !
amazing car
Never knew but they’re design & prototype works was right next to my school at coten end road Warwick.
Gerry Coker.... absolute genius. RIP
Great interesting video but why the awful loud music,Greensleeves really ,ruins the video.
worth a lot of money now
The later oval grill is the correct answer
Terrific documentary, well put together. A pity no pics of iconic Frog/Bug Eye Sprite
Can't hear the commentary over the music
699 DON Still on the road in 2020
Who is that banging on that piano? STOP IT! I'm trying to listen to the people talking!
Bullettube ........….totally agree! I couldn't hear a word due that awful din! [why oh why do some posters think it is obligatory to completely drown out the narrative with some overbearing discordant piece of puerile music!
I do wish they would leave the damn music off these vids - awful!
15:35 "Austin-Healeys were now old fashioned". You say that as if it's a bad thing ;^}
Wind down Windows of the Austin Healy 3000 were the ultimate insult to a sorts car fan :-)
Why why why, do publishers continue to play loud irrelevant music over the commentry! The music is fine if it was quietly playing in the background but nearly every you tube video is plagued by music which is far too loud, drowning out whatever is being said.
699 DON and OOM 552 still on the road...
nw8000...….OOM 552 [John Wheatley] lived literally down the road from me in Fernhill Heath! [I had a BN1 100/4 also - though nowhere near as beautiful!]
Why make the music drown out the natator? And why so loud? A great video made unwatchable by the sound engineer.
Jerry Coker is still going at 96.
5:27 This car was never named "Hundred four" but "Hundred."
Was the first Austin Healey actually labelled 100/4 at the time? I understood that this was later added in discussions once the 100/6 was released, but that the original was instead the Austin Healey 100
Might have been. Have to check. It's been years since I did this one.
JBF, You are correct.
Great car. TERRIBLE audio in the video!
LS
Great video, bad and annoying music background.
Odd mixture of British and US English in the commentary.
'Sedan', indeed....
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could do without the loud piano practice in background drowning out the great Coker
Where was the audio done, at the school for the deaf? That fucking piano in the beginning & the the crickets, holy shit thats terrible
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