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Title: Healey Tickfords Post by: BikerGran on March 10, 2006, 12:51:08 AM Was hunting for some phots of a car that my dad owned a long time ago but I've only got a very poor b&w one, so I borrowed these (with permission) from the website of the Healey Owners Association. http://www.healeyowners.co.uk/
I think they're beautiful - the one my dad owned had a fawn body with cherry red wings. It was his daily drive and we went everywhere in it - even to scrambling (Moto-X) meets and Hill Climbs - where we often got stuck in the gateway to the car park (aka field) as the car had 4.5in ground clearance. Title: Re: Healey Tickfords Post by: BikerGran on March 10, 2006, 12:54:47 AM ..and the interior is pretty good too
Title: Re: Healey Tickfords Post by: Speedmaster on March 10, 2006, 03:10:37 PM Wonderful. Proper dash board, proper steering wheel, they knew how to make a car in those days. God, I'm showing my age again :-[
Title: Re: Healey Tickfords Post by: BikerGran on March 10, 2006, 09:08:48 PM True, but there were disadvantages - these were handbuilt jobs on a wooden frame - dad had to part with his cos the door post began to rot and he just couldn't afford to have the work done!
And I remember there was a weather leak which caused my mum to travel many miles holding the flask cup under the dashboard! Was a lovely car tho and fast for the time - it would cruise very happily at 70, we always said it didn't climb hills it just went up them! |