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Solved NIC#486 - 1954 Mac Healey
« on: October 25, 2015, 12:09:13 PM »
What was this car called?
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2015, 04:15:24 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2015, 05:37:10 AM »
Is it one of those 'pretend' fifties cars created by Mr Wheatcroft a few years ago ? I ask this because I believe one of them has come to live over here....
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2015, 05:48:32 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on December 16, 2015, 05:37:10 AM
Is it one of those 'pretend' fifties cars created by Mr Wheatcroft a few years ago ? I ask this because I believe one of them has come to live over here....

No,  thank goodness. This is a bona fide period car.
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2015, 08:41:27 AM »
Emeryson ?
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2015, 08:44:45 AM »
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2015, 04:44:09 AM »
OK...Question time...Did this device ever have ambitions to be a Grand Prix car ?
Although it looks as though it might have an MG engine.....so probably not.....
Body shape appears to be from 1952 or thereabouts. Is it the original ?
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2015, 04:50:47 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on December 17, 2015, 04:44:09 AM
OK...Question time...Did this device ever have ambitions to be a Grand Prix car ?
Although it looks as though it might have an MG engine.....so probably not.....
Body shape appears to be from 1952 or thereabouts. Is it the original ?

Morning Willie. I admire your perseverance, and to repay this I will provide some answers which may or may not assist with a solution.

It was never intended to be a GP car. It does not have an MG engine, but it is powered by a motor from the same "combine". It was built a couple of years after your guess and I believe the car still carries the bodywork from that date.

Try working out the country of origin..........
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2015, 05:55:12 AM »
There's some misty memory muttering something about South Africa
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2015, 06:06:32 AM »
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There's some misty memory muttering something about South Africa

Not there.
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2015, 10:16:45 AM »
No bells ringing, even at this time of year.....Could it be Australian or NZ ?
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2015, 01:17:23 PM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on December 18, 2015, 10:16:45 AM
No bells ringing, even at this time of year.....Could it be Australian or NZ ?

Australia it is......
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2015, 09:03:39 AM »
Might the words 'Ma'c and 'Healey' be relevant ?
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Re: NIC #486
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2015, 01:47:07 PM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on December 22, 2015, 09:03:39 AM
Might the words 'Ma'c and 'Healey' be relevant ?

They would indeed!  ;).

It's the Mac Healey built in 1954 by Peter de Mac using what he could salvage from a Healey 100 which had been burnt out prior to delivery to its first owner. The car was extensively campaigned in period and still exists today.
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Re: Solved NIC#486 - 1954 Mac Healey
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2015, 04:38:56 PM »
I prefer his Pontiac Special...
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Re: Solved NIC#486 - 1954 Mac Healey
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2015, 04:41:58 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on December 23, 2015, 04:38:56 PM
I prefer his Pontiac Special...

Beautiful car indeed.
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Re: Solved NIC#486 - 1954 Mac Healey
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