| Description | Includes:
Provisional specification (form no. 2) made by Patent Agents for Donald Healey ‘improvements relating to a steerable wheel of a road vehicle’ (1945);
Copy typed note (from General Works Manager’s Office) on Healey Hundred production programme figures for February to April) (2 February 1953);
Typed note on USA Austin-Healey (East Coast and West Coast) including fair market value, tax, distributor price, retail price (16 February 1953);
Copy agenda item for meeting about Austin-Healey 100 (23 March 1953) – details on position of production (and destinations) of first 16 cars, panel position, rough cut finished items for body, chassis position, right to left hand steering ratio for first 10 cars, modification to design, production, extract of letter from Donald Healey (noting issues with sliding window slide screen, ash-tray, plated or aluminium valve rocker cover, water and dust getting in, windscreen when flat, door checks, rear number plate too low);
Copy typed letter from Geoffrey Healey to Mr Blakey, Cost Accounts, Austin Motor Co., Longbridge (5 May 1953) with figures on Jensen bodies fitted to cars (also includes Austin chassis numbers);
Copy memo. from CR Melton to WK Harris (6 July 1954) noting that have to be firm over Morris Motors ‘as much as we would like to have them’ because if anyone is appointed for Austin-Healey without handling Austin also, others that are helping out at present by taking the occasional Austin would cease to do so [about American dealerships];
Copy typed memo. from GC Cooper, Chassis Designs Department, Austin Motor Co., Longbridge to Geoffrey Healey (20 September 1954) thanking him for his letters and corrections to the spares. Is also pleased that the gearboxes are under way and they look forward to receiving them;
Copy letter from ? to 'Sammy' (AC Sampietro) (4 March 1955) about Packard suspension;
Memo. about amendment of extra charge for Austin-Healey ‘100-Six’ optional extras (wire wheels) (17 October 1956);
Typed synopsis for Austin Strip Film No. 7 – overhauling the Austin-Healey 100 (overdrive unit);
Typed note on 65 BHP engine based on 950cc Sprite unit (with Alpine 58 handwritten top right). |