Neil
Great article, thanks for sharing it with us non-members.
Derek
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Neil Anderson <neilandcustom at
gmail.com>wrote:
> For those of you who are members of the AHCA, and even if you are not,
> there
> is a very interesting and well researched article that has been published
> in
> the April issue of "Healey Marque" magazine.
>
> I just received my copy today, so I can now let you know about this
> fascinating story. Healey Club members can look at the link that previews
> the article or choose to not spoil the surprise and wait for your own
> magazine to arrive.
>
>
>
> The article documents the mystery surrounding a red works Austin-Healey
> Sprite prototype that raced at Sebring in 1964 and has spent all of its
> post
> Sebring existence here in the States. This detailed article, written by
> Baird Foster, unravels the almost forgotten history of this special Healey
> race car.
>
>
>
> http://www.sebringsprite.com/pdf%20files/TheHunt4HealeyHistory.pdf
>
>
>
> In his book "More Healeys", Geoff Healey only provides one brief paragraph
> about the '64 Sebring race and no photographs of the two prototype Sprites
> that ran in different classes and the Healey 3000, 56 FAC, that all raced
> factory supported that year. Maybe because of DNFs of two of the cars,
> Geoff felt the history of the cars and race needed no further
> documentation.
>
>
>
> I find it fascinating that after almost 50 years, the "lost" history of one
> of the works Healeys can be filled in and accurately told. All of the
> pieces of the puzzle were there. It just took a tenacious researcher to
> bring all the parts together into a complete picture. We all benefit from
> this dedication to Healey history. Thank you Baird and "Healey Marque" for
> bringing this interesting account to us.
>
>
>
> Neil Anderson
>
> Midwest Region, AHCA
>
> '60 BT7 and ongoing Sprite project
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