Unveiled in 1952, the Austin-Healey 100 was an innovation in the sports car market and won instant acclaim. As the series developed, the cars only became more popular and garnered an even larger following. This illustrated retrospective describes the cars' evolution, providing performance specs for each model and sidebars detailing the places, people and events that shaped the story of the "Big Healeys."
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"This highly readable and informative book will appeal to all classic car enthusiasts." Classic Car Weekly "Famous cars, famous people, the Warwick, Longbridge and Abingdon days, production figures, specifications and evolution - it's all here... A must for Healey fans." Classic and Sportscar
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Graham Robson possesses a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has been close to the sport of rallying for many years, as a competitor, team manager, organizer, reporter, commentator and observer; in more than forty years he has never lost touch with the sport. Not only has Graham competed in many British and European events, he's also reported on marathons in South America, and acted as a traveling controller in the legendary London-Mexico World Cup Rally. As a recognized authority on many aspects of classic cars and motoring of that period, he is the most prolific of all authors, with more than 130 published books to his credit. Over the years Graham has owned, driven, described and competed in many of the cars featured in the Rally Giants Series, and his insight to their merits is unmatched.
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The Austin-Healey motor car was born when two forceful characters - Donald Healey and Len Lord - got together in 1952, but the seeds of these famous sports cars were sown many years earlier. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rocker operation, internal gearbox ratios, historic deal, unladen weight, rally car, wide drums, overdrive top, competitions department, open sports car, overdrive transmission, chassis frame, camshaft profile, competitions manager, chassis numbers, boot lid, competition cars, engined cars, final drive ratio, record cars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Donald Healey, Big Healey, Geoff Healey, Pat Moss, Healey Hundred, Len Lord, Boulton Paul, Donald Morley, British Leyland, Earls Court, Marcus Chambers, Mille Miglia, Paddy Hopkirk, Ann Wisdom, Capacity Main, Carburettors Max, Engine Type Block, Front Independent, Identification Chassis, Leonard Lord, Monte Carlo, Rauno Aaltonen, Timo Makinen, Track Front, Transmission Clutch New!
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The Austin-Healey motor car was born when two forceful characters - Donald Healey and Len Lord - got together in 1952, but the seeds of these famous sports cars were sown many years earlier. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rocker operation, internal gearbox ratios, historic deal, unladen weight, rally car, wide drums, overdrive top, competitions department, open sports car, overdrive transmission, chassis frame, camshaft profile, competitions manager, chassis numbers, boot lid, competition cars, engined cars, final drive ratio, record cars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Donald Healey, Big Healey, Geoff Healey, Pat Moss, Healey Hundred, Len Lord, Boulton Paul, Donald Morley, British Leyland, Earls Court, Marcus Chambers, Mille Miglia, Paddy Hopkirk, Ann Wisdom, Capacity Main, Carburettors Max, Engine Type Block, Front Independent, Identification Chassis, Leonard Lord, Monte Carlo, Rauno Aaltonen, Timo Makinen, Track Front, Transmission Clutch New!
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