G'day Keith
Both succumbed to the ravages of the salt and time. They were both also taken
back to the UK where the 100S engined Streamliner morphed into the 200mph
six-cylinder car.
There is an interesting story about when Carroll Shelby visited the Donald
Healey Motor Company looking for a suitable chassis in which to install a V8
engine. He was shown the rusting remains of the salt record cars, but they
were too far gone to be of use.
He was then sent in the direct of BMC and received a rejection there too. Then
he called on the Hurlock brothers at Auto Carrier (AC) and the rest is
history.
Just imagine what it would have been like if the AH chassis wasn't rusted away
or if BMC was more helpful?
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
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From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of pennell@cox.net
Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010 10:22 AM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Original Streamliner
Hello Listers!
Was catching up on some reading last night. Read the excellent article in the
Nov 2009 issue on the recreated Streamliner and Endurance car. Injoyable
reading and beautiful pictures! Then a question came to me. What became of
the originals of these two cars? As long as I have owned and followed Healey
stuff I never have known this. Answer?
Keith Pennell
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