Automobile Makes and Models Austin Healey

Austin-Healey was a brand of sports car. The marque was established through a joint venture arrangement set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and Donald Healey, a renowned automotive engineer and designer. Austin-Healey produced cars until 1972 when the 20-year agreement between Healey and Austin came to an end. Donald Healey left the company in 1968 when British Motor Holdings (BMC had merged with Jaguar Cars in 1966 to form BMH... Read Full Story

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There were many production models of 'Big' Healeys Austin-Healey 100 1953 - 1955 BN1 Austin-Healey 100 1955 Austin-Healey 100S (Extremely limited production of aluminium bodied race-prepared cars) 1955 - 1956 BN2 Austin-Healey 100M (Limited production high performance) 1956 - 1957 BN2 Austin-Healey 100-4 1956 - 1957 BN4 Austin-Healey 100-6 (2+2 seats) 1957 - 1959 BN4 Austin-Healey 100-6 Change to 1 3/4" SU Carbs (2+2 seats) 1958 - 1959 BN6 Austin-Healey 100-6 6 Cylinder motor (2 seat) Austin... Read Full Story