His final Healey racer was a 100-Six. I had no idea he was still around.
Patton
On 1/5/07, Bugtop <bugtop@comcast.net> wrote:
> From what I gathered from the Healey books I have, Vincent was a
> keen Healey owner. He had a 100S that he raced. He cut out a
> quarter moon shape hole under the grill for added cooling, making his
> 100S distinctive.
>
> "...drivers of the 100S included Hollywood actor Jackie Cooper and
> restaurateur Vincent Sardi, who helped give the Austin-Healey lots of
> favorable national publicity."
>
> Vincent Sardi Jr., owner of Sardi's restaurant, the legendary
> Broadway watering hole where for decades the New York theater
> celebrated its opening nights, died Thursday at age 91.
> Sardi, who had been hospitalized in Berlin, Vt., died of
> complications related to a urinary tract infection, said Max
> Klimavicius, managing partner of Sardi's.
>
> "This is a loss to the restaurant and the Broadway community," said
> Klimavicius, who knew Sardi for more than three decades. "He was a
> true gentlemen, a one of a kind."
>
> Sardi's, located in the heart of midtown Manhattan's theater
> district, was a magnet for celebrities, particularly in the years
> before and after World War II. Many of them, especially when they
> were appearing on Broadway, had their caricatures on its walls.
>
> Gerald Schoenfeld, chairman of the Shubert Organization, Broadway's
> biggest landlord, said Sardi's was once a place where deals and
> careers were cemented.
>
> "His restaurant was the focal point for meetings in the business,"
> Schoenfeld said. "They all ate and hung out there. It was the
> theatrical hangout."
>
> Schoenfeld said Sardi was a larger-than-life figure, a beloved man
> from a bygone era who worked the room and everybody in it like a
> consummate host.
>
> "I never heard anybody say a bad word about him," he said.
>
> Drivers of the 100S included Hollywood actor Jackie Cooper and
> restaurateur Vincent Sardi, who helped give the Austin-Healey lots of
> favorable national publicity. - AP
>
> Mark Buggy
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1957 Austin-Healey 100-Six "Built to run 'til the road wears out."
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