Showing posts with label Austin Healey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austin Healey. Show all posts
Sunday, July 05, 2026
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Carroll Shelby’s 1954 South American Racing — La Carrera Panamericana, Shelby entered the race driving this Austin-Healey 100S for the factory team Shelby Racing.
This 1954 edition was the last, it was discontinued due to safety concerns. At the 175-kilometer marker north of Oaxaca, Shelby T-bones a large rock and flips his Austin-Healey four times.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
a retired sales manager from Southlake, Texas, never stopped searching for his 1967 Austin-Healey after it disappeared from outside his Philadelphia home in 1970.
The car was stolen the morning after he took his future wife on their second date, giving it deep sentimental value that went far beyond its price.
“I never gave up looking for it,” Russell said. “The fact that the car still exists is improbable. It could have been junked or wrecked years ago.”
Russell originally paid a friend $3,000 for the sports car and spent years casually searching for it online, though he admitted he had little hope of ever finding it again. That changed in 2012 when he spotted a familiar-looking Austin-Healey listed for sale on eBay by a Beverly Hills dealership.
Suspicious but hopeful, Russell contacted the seller and confirmed that the vehicle identification number matched his original car. He still had the original title and key, though he no longer possessed a copy of the police report from the theft.
With the help of Philadelphia police, Russell discovered the original stolen-car report had never appeared in the FBI’s national crime database due to a clerical error in the VIN. Once the mistake was corrected, the case was reopened, allowing Los Angeles County authorities to impound the vehicle.
Russell and his wife, Cynthia, flew to California to reclaim the car. Today, the Austin-Healey is valued at approximately $23,000.
“It still runs, but the brakes aren’t great,” Russell said. “We’re going to put it back exactly the way it was.”
Saturday, August 23, 2025
A 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, and a 1956 Austin Healey 100M Le Mans Roadster, hang in the newly opened McPherson College student Campus Commons
McPherson is the only college in the U.S. offering a four-year degree in automotive restoration, so it is fitting to showcase a unique classic automobile in its new building.
The Daytona Ferrari, ranked by MotorTrend as the second greatest Ferrari of all-time, was donated in 2022 by Dr. Lundquist, a Giving Pledge philanthropist, real estate developer, car collector, and McPherson College Trustee.
The Daytona Ferrari, ranked by MotorTrend as the second greatest Ferrari of all-time, was donated in 2022 by Dr. Lundquist, a Giving Pledge philanthropist, real estate developer, car collector, and McPherson College Trustee.
the 56 Austin Healey 100M Le Mans Roadster
During the ribbon-cutting and car-unveiling ceremony on July 24, Dondlinger Construction of Wichita presented McPherson College with a $125,000 gift to support student activities and programs. The company served as the general contractor for the Campus Commons — a 55,000-square-foot hub for student services and the centerpiece of a major campus update.
“Dondlinger Construction played a critical role in bringing our vision for the Campus Commons to life,” the McPherson College President said. “Their team brought the highest level of professionalism and craftsmanship to the project. We are grateful for their partnership on this project and for their commitment and support of the college long after the project is finished.”
In addition to overseeing construction, Dondlinger planned and implemented the custom rigging system used to suspend two classic automobiles from the building’s three-story atrium. The first car, a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, was unveiled during the ceremony. A second car, a 1956 Austin Healey 100M Le Mans Roadster
“Dondlinger Construction played a critical role in bringing our vision for the Campus Commons to life,” the McPherson College President said. “Their team brought the highest level of professionalism and craftsmanship to the project. We are grateful for their partnership on this project and for their commitment and support of the college long after the project is finished.”
In addition to overseeing construction, Dondlinger planned and implemented the custom rigging system used to suspend two classic automobiles from the building’s three-story atrium. The first car, a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, was unveiled during the ceremony. A second car, a 1956 Austin Healey 100M Le Mans Roadster
Sunday, August 04, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024
this is something coincidental... ANOTHER Austin Healey 3000 in a movie this month alone...
this was in the 1st transformers movie... a simple easy pleasure to watch
If you even think of watching it, remember, the amazing casting of John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, a fun scene with Bernie Mac as a used car salesman, and the perfect casting of young Shia Lebouf
Before I forget, the casting in Transformers Dark Side of the Moon (3rd movie) is equally terrific, Buzz Aldrin in a cameo, Ken Jeong as a crazy guy, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, and one of the best actors at playing a funny crazy guy, Alan Tudyk... and voicing Megatron is Hugo Weaving, and Leonard Nimoy voiced Sentinel Prime
the 4th movie has Stanley Tucci (what a hoot), Kelsey Grammer, TJ Miller, and Mark Wahlberg. John Goodman voices "Hound" and Ken Watanabe voices "Drift"
the 5th movie has Stanley Tucci as Merlin the magician for Pete's sake, Josh Duhamel, Wahlberg, and Anthony Hopkins, John Turturro, and Steve Buscemi voives "Daytrader"
but one thing struck me as very off... why the hell did they have the line about a high rise double pumper under the hood of the old Camaro Bumble Bee (before he switched to new Camaro) and then, they show THIS under the hood:
What moron wrote the line for the Mikaela character: "Whoa, nice headers. You've got a high-rise double-pump carburetor. That's pretty impressive, Sam"
OR was it simply that instead of showing a typical carb'd Chev 350, someone screwed up and used the above instead, but... still, high rise, everyone knows that the intakes are high rises, and fuel injectors are not built like a Holley carb, the 750 double pumper.
Sunday, April 07, 2024
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Friday, September 22, 2023
the GO GO GO GO Purple Onion sponsorship must be an asset in making this race car faster
https://www.facebook.com/groups/527146584145263?multi_permalinks=2286572541535983&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen
Sunday, October 23, 2022
the Austin Healey 100-4, wasn't designed by a pro, but certainly the amateur made a classic beauty of car designs
For the 1952 Motor Show, at Earls Court in west London, Donald Healey built a one-off Healey Hundred. The body styling was by one Gerry Coker a body engineer, not a professional designer, specializing in fitting panels to the chassis.
After Healey and he had discussed the concept of the car, Gerry Coker sat down with his pencil and paper and came up with one of the classics of 20th century motoring.
Sunday, August 07, 2022
if I won the lotto, and bought a gas station /garage /museum, I'd go to Pebble Beach auctions to buy stuff for eye candy to put in that garage. And probably whistle "these are a few of my favorite things"
1935 Miller Ford Indy racer once owned by Andy Granatelli and recently sympathetically restored by Zakira’s Garage
1929 Duesenberg instrument panel
1962 Ferrari 250 GT engine topped with Webers, backed with a 4 spd
Thursday, September 02, 2021
David Silberkleit, the Bugeye Guy, works on other cars, his company is expert in Sprite restoration
Mr. Silberkleit, whose job title is Chief Frogeye Officer, has sold 323 of these early Sprites, and he said every one was different. Some customers want perfect concours restorations; others want upgraded hot rods. Most use their cars locally, within a 100-mile radius.
Larrick of Mount Vernon, Wash., were recently at the Bugeye Guy restoration shop in Branford, Conn., taking delivery of their pale yellow 1958 Sprite, Silberkleit, the aforementioned Bugeye Guy, had made roughly 150 nonoriginal modifications meant to keep Ducky rolling toward Washington, including a Ford-sourced five-speed gearbox for more relaxed cruising, disc brakes all around, electronic ignition, an alternator and — crucially — a beefy aluminum radiator with six-bladed fan.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
hanger queen, a car that some rich guy, who has owned an airplane hanger for decades, put in his hanger to avoid hearing his wife ask when he was going to get rid of it, but it was only relocated out of her view... and never fixed up
went from project to car show and weekend fun car in 4 years.
1959 Austin Healey 100-6
Friday, November 27, 2020
Sept 2, 1963, Donna Mims, the executive secretary for Don Yenko, driving an Austin Healey Sprite that had been purchased new by Dr. Jonas Salk, won the Class H Production Race in Thompson, Ct to becoming the first woman to win a SCCA Class Championship.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Didja know Ken and Barbie had some sports cars in the early 60s? Austin Healy 3000 and a hot rod, plus a Mercedes Benz 300 SL, a dune buggy and a three wheeler
the seats were differenet colors depending on what company was selling them, Sears, JC Penney, Ward's, Alden, or John Plain (and I've never heard of this car, or those last two catalog companies)
And though those are nice, Skipper got one just as cool, with a windshield
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