The
Donald Healey Motor Company Ltd was a British car
company. It was formed in 1945 by
Donald Healey, a renowned auto engineer and
successful racing driver. It was formed after Healey
discussed sports car design with Achille
Sampietro, a chassis specialist for high
performance cars and Ben Bowden, a
body engineer, when all three worked at Humber
during World War II. The company was based in an old
aircraft components factory off Miller Road in
Warwick. Healey was joined by Roger Menadue
from Armstrong Whitworth to run the
experimental workshop. The cars mainly used a tuned
version of the proven Riley twin cam
2.4 litre four cylinder engine in a light steel box
section chassis of their own design using independent
front suspension by coil springs and alloy trailing
arms with Girling dampers. In her
foreword to the book, Margot Healey
states, "The legend of
the Healey name continues to fascinate anyone
interested in motorcars, competition racing, concourse
or just driving for pleasure. Enjoy this book, surely
one of the best photographic records of the many
Healey inventions"..
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