Author Topic: New Year's Day 3: Healey Abbott DHC  (Read 2558 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Allan L

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 4822
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 414
  • Forum Host in Vintage!
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
New Year's Day 3: Healey Abbott DHC
« on: January 01, 2008, 10:25:43 AM »
A photo taken at our local New Year's Day gathering:
Make, model and coachbuilder for full marks!
« Last Edit: January 16, 2021, 07:39:28 AM by Oguerrerob »
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

Offline Allan L

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 4822
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 414
  • Forum Host in Vintage!
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: New Year's Day 3
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2008, 07:50:25 AM »
12 views and no guesses.
Are there no European rookies?
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

Offline Jeff C

  • *
  • Posts: 10
  • Puzzle Points 0
  • Contributor
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: New Year's Day 3
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2008, 08:00:12 PM »
delage?

Offline Allan L

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 4822
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 414
  • Forum Host in Vintage!
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: New Year's Day 3
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2008, 02:51:56 AM »
Not a Delage
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

Offline Allan L

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 4822
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 414
  • Forum Host in Vintage!
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: New Year's Day 3
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2008, 05:06:15 PM »
O.K. Experts, you have five minutes . . .  ;D
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

Offline Paul Jaray

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 22326
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 2073
  • MVP
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: New Year's Day 3
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2008, 05:17:18 PM »
Healey...
westland roadster 1947!

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: New Year's Day 3
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2008, 06:59:29 PM »
Then I'll challenge that. I think it's a Healey-Abbott Drophead Coupé from somewhere between 1950 and 1954. 77 were built.

Edit: One thing I can say with absolute certainty is that the displacement of its engine is 2443 cc, and the car is actually from 1951 (registration date 24-01-51), whatever it is - which does make it less likely to be a Westland Roadster. To my knowledge, that was produced from 1946 to 1950 (obviously, it is possible that the car was registered later).
« Last Edit: January 15, 2008, 07:07:15 PM by @re »
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline Allan L

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 4822
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 414
  • Forum Host in Vintage!
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: New Year's Day 3
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2008, 03:07:07 AM »
Paul Jaray's 11 minutes isn't bad, but it's not a Westland, it's an Abbott Drophead Coupé as identified by @re. I didn't ask the year as I don't know for certain, but 1951 is quite likely.
Can't give half-points so a point each, I think
Opinionated but sometimes wrong