Solved NIC#486 - 1954 Mac Healey

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October 25, 2015, 12:09:13 PM Last Edit: December 22, 2015, 01:47:35 PM by nicanary
What was this car called?
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nicanary

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December 16, 2015, 04:15:24 AM
Experts?
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Willie McCrum

#2
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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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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Willie McCrum

#4
December 16, 2015, 08:41:27 AM
Emeryson ?

nicanary

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December 16, 2015, 08:44:45 AM
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Willie McCrum

#6
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 ?

nicanary

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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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Willie McCrum

#8
December 17, 2015, 05:55:12 AM
There's some misty memory muttering something about South Africa

nicanary

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December 17, 2015, 06:06:32 AM
Quote from: Willie McCrum on December 17, 2015, 05:55:12 AM
There's some misty memory muttering something about South Africa

Not there.
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Willie McCrum

#10
December 18, 2015, 10:16:45 AM
No bells ringing, even at this time of year.....Could it be Australian or NZ ?

nicanary

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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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Willie McCrum

#12
December 22, 2015, 09:03:39 AM
Might the words 'Ma'c and 'Healey' be relevant ?

nicanary

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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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nicanary

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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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