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DocRefNoCR4804/3/96
LevelItem
TitlePress cuttings and articles
Date1931 - 1949
DescriptionIncludes:

Newspaper article 'French Ire At British Car Triumph' by Tommy Wisdom on Donald Healey's Monte Carlo Triumph success in 1931 [1931]. With image of Healey.

Italian newspaper 'Gazetta del Popolo' [perhaps kept because of mention of Alpine region of the country where Donald Healey had raced?] (25 June 1940).

'Daily Express' cartoon showing soldiers celebrating Christmas [possibly kept as Donald Healey and sons served in the Second World War?] (24 December 1942).

Reprint from 'Autocar' on the 2.4 litre Healey. With image of the car (4 January 1946).

Reprint from 'The Motor' on the entirely new 2.4 litre Healey car. With images and data (16 January 1946).

'Motor Sport' reprint of article 'looking in on Healey' - a visit to the factory. With images (January 1947).

Cover (in colour) of 'Autocar' advertising Lockheed hydraulic brakes on Healey Elliott. With quote from Donald Healey: 'I fitted Lockheed because the high performance of my Healey needs perfect straightline braking & certain stopping' ( 24 January 1947).

Reprint from 'The Motor' on the 2.4 litre Healey. Includes information of speed trials in Europe. With images. (6 August 1947).

Photocopy of article from 'Autocar' on Donald Healey on business trip in USA with 2.4 litre Roadster. With photocopy of article from 'The Motor' showing Healey driven by Lurani and Sandri crossing the finishing line at Brescia in the Mille Migla (20 February 1948).

Photocopy of 'Autocar' report 'Modern and Ancient' about Donald Healey and the Healey Saloon. On the Healey Saloon and Donald Healey's attitude to car manufacture. Includes images of Healey Saloon outside the Stratford Theatre, Donald Healey in the Warwick works (21 May 1948).

Article 'American Picture' by Donald Healey in 'The Motor' about his road trip in the USA in the Healey Roadster. Includes images. (26 May 1948).

Part two of the 'American Picture' article by Donald Healey in 'The Motor' about his road trip in the USA in the Roadster. Includes images (2 June 1948).

Reprint from 'Autocar' of magazine testing the 2.4 litre Healey Roadster. With typed copy of the reprint (11 June 1948).

Autocar 'News and Views' page with article (plus three images) of a special body on a Healey Chassis by F. H. Peacock Ltd in London (29 April 1949).

Types notes of test data obtained by 'The Motor' reprint for Healey 3-litre sports convertible (n.d.).

'The Autocar' article 'From Success To Success' with adverts for the Healey Roadster following the success in Mille Miglia. Includes illustration of a Healey, plus the following adverts for: Brooklands of Bond Street (authorised Healey dealers), ENV Engineering (provide the final drive for the Healey motor cars), Westland Motor Co. (designed and built Roadster body), FH Peacock (designed special edition), Aeroparts Engineering Co. Ltd, Hereford (produced chassis frames to Healey designs), Riley Motors (provide engines) (6 May 1949).

Article, reprinted from 'The Motor', about the new Healey Silverstone Model. With illustrations (20 July 1949).

Reprint from 'Motor Sport' of the magazine testing the Healey Silverstone sports 2-seater. With typed notes on information from the reprint (November 1949).
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