Category: The Restoration of Healey #174

One of the things I tried to take particular care to record as I took this car apart was any evidence of original paint. There has been much discussion about what colour the frame and inner body of these early cars was originally.  Many owners have reported finding that the frame and inner body, and… Continue reading Austin Healey #174…What colour was the frame?

Now that I have had the body panels for this car chemically cleaned I am able to see some details on the front fenders which are rather unusual and not evident on later versions. THE FENDER VENT CUT OUTS First is the strange way that the vent holes have been manufactured (that’s if you do… Continue reading Austin Healey #174….Unusual Front Fenders

When I received the Heritage Certificate for this car I was surprised to note that the original colour was noted as “Healey Grey”.  I have not been a close follower of all the work that people have done on these very interesting “early” cars so was not aware of the discussion that had gone on… Continue reading Austin Healey #174 Healey Grey??….Paint History

This very early Austin Healey 100 has the serial number is 142618 making it the 150th production car (the first production car as body #24) and it left Longbridge on 25 August 1953. I know almost nothing about the history of the car other than it was sold on eBay to the person from whom… Continue reading The Story and Disassembly of Austin Healey 100 Number 174