Thread: The most unusual car you've ever owned...

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

That is an Austin-Healey 100, not a 100S.

Brian, my healey had the oval grill and if you look at the pic, it shows the louvered lid. similar to the pic below.
Of course mine was never set up in race trim.

Cheers.

Robert.

Originally Posted by olbod

Brian, my healey had the oval grill and if you look at the pic, it shows the louvered lid. similar to the pic below.
Of course mine was never set up in race trim.

Cheers.

Robert.

I don't want to start a fight but I will stake my reputation on it being a 100, not a 100S. Pointers- Drum brakes. All 100S had four wheel discs. Wheels- All 100S other than "replicas" or fakes had Dunlop knock off aluminium disc wheels al la DType Jaguar. Body doesn't look right. 100S had aluminium bodies made by Healey. Windscreen is normal 100, not the small fixed screen used on 100S. Did it have the Weslake cross flow aluminium head and a straight four speed box without overdrive?

Brian, it didn't have an overdrive and I cant remember what it had in the donk.
I wont argue either, all I can say is that it had what it had.
I dont know where it came from originally.
Perhaps it was some sort of bodgie or replica.
If it was, they were quick off the mark. Pic was taken in 1958.

Cheers.

Robert.

PS: I do remember that the damn tailpipe kept hitting the ground.

Brian, the one in my pic in race trim was a 1955 model.
It had wire wheels and disc brakes, but I think it was a replica.
It is confusing because I met a lot of Healey owners around that time and a lot of them had the oval grill, most purchased new.
If not a 100s, what then ?

Cheers.

Robert.

Originally Posted by uninformed

My mates neighbor was loading a "Hup Mobile" onto a trailer yesterday. I had never heard of them before....

Hupmobile is one word they're an American car, quite common in Aus as they were/still are very solid

Just out of curiosity was it Veteran or Vintage??


As for me; I built a 'Edge Products' Minisprint dune buggy in 2010, just being overhauled at the moment. I'm only 18 so that's all at the moment lol, my tdi Disco is pretty exotic in the school carpark though

If you were to ask about the family i couldn't list them all haha... I'll get my act together next year though

Cheers
Will

Mate reckons its late 1920's. It has wooden spoke rims if that helps?

Originally Posted by uninformed

Mate reckons its late 1920's. It has wooden spoke rims if that helps?

Yeah well it would fit into that period, they had wooden wheels from the earliest up to the 30's.

Here's one for the "Austin Healey " purists amongst you

It belongs to a friend of a friend who own half a dozen Healeys between them.
It was created from a crashed healey, it's a very nice driving car too