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1950 Prototype Nash Healey Silvertone Lemans/Mille Miglia car. LHD

1950 Prototype Nash Healey Silvertone Lemans/Mille Miglia car. LHD Chassis number: X5Registration Number: JWD300 (original plate.) In December of 1949 Donald Healey was on his way to the USA to meet up with Ed Cole of General Motors to try and secure a deal for the new Cadillac V8 Motor for his Healey motor car..
Healey Woodie Estate

Healey's production records indicate that some 123 were sold purely as rolling chassis with a whole range of different bodies fitted. Most were English and included saloons, tourers and even station wagons or shooting brakes as the British like to call them.The London coach-builder Hobbs produced shooting brakes that featured a heavy use ..

Healey

GB, 1946 – 1954

Donald Healey Motor Co Ltd, Warwick

Donald Healey’s first production Healey car used a welded-up chassis and trailing-arm type independent front suspension, power being provided by the well-tried 2.4-litre 4-cylinder ohv Riley engine. At the time of its introduction the Healey car was the world’s fastest series-production saloon (104.7mph for the flying-start mile) and cost £1.598. Early competition successes of Healey cars included class victories in the 1947 and 1948 Alpine Rallies, a second place overall in the 1949 event, and a win in the touring-car class of the 1949 Mille Miglia. This Healey car model was made in small numbers until 1954, later versions including the lightweight Healey Silverstone two-seater of 1950, and some roomier Healey car saloons and convertibles by Tickford. A 1950 export-only version of the Healey car for sale by Nash had that firm’s 3.8-litre ohv 6-cylinder engine, and took 4th place at Le Mans in the same year. Only 506 of these Healey cars were sold. A home-market version used the 3-litre Alvis power unit. In 1952 Healey sought to reach a wider market with a 2.7-litre Austin-engined sports two-seater, manufacture of which was taken over by Austin. With the delivery of the last Nash-Healey cars in August 1954, production at Warwick came to an end.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; MCS

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