my non-Porsche picture of the day

[jwhillracer]

The Healey is quite fast, probably not much faster than the 356 and although not as bad as you’d expect, is nowhere near as nice to drive as my 356. It looks amazing, sounds wonderful etc, but it’s crude.

The 356C has the same size tyres, four wheel disc brakes and around 95bhp and weighs about 800lbs less. Brakes are better, as is grip, ride, steering, comfort, everything really and I much prefer driving it.

To be honest I’d sell the Healey but the kids love it because my wife had one when we married in 1970 and both cars came from John Chatham.

Very interesting! When I was younger, I always quite fancied a big Healey. When we were building our hillclimb 911, my friend had a Healey in the back of the garage on a long-term restoration. After it was eventually finished, he asked me to move it one day, and I jumped in eagerly. I backed it out of the garage, ran it around the yard, and got out totally disillusioned! I know it might have made a completely different impression on me if I had taken it for a blast around the local country lanes, but it did nothing to make me want to......
Your comments have largely confirmed my view. Thanks for being so honest.
Cheers
JW

[Ashley James]

Healeys have a phenomenal following in America, here and Australia and they may an excellent touring car and, if you build one for racing, the fastest are extremely competitive and often quicker round a circuit than their contemporaries. They’re low and wide and some make around 300bhp, but if you like old Porsches you probably won’t want a Healey.

My son and his wife did 2,400 miles round Europe in mine in ten days and blistering heat and still he loves it.

[Winston Teague]

Really very proud of my little racing car this week.....

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[911hillclimber]

And so you should!
Seen all 3 fighting it out in various locations, brilliant!

[Winston Teague]

They've been friends and rivals for 95 years.....

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[Ashley James]

Wonderful! Great to watch too.

[23e Heure]

Porsche…?

[Mike911scrs]

HI

if that is what I think it is, it is a long time since I saw it being built,

did you check by chance to see if the front and back where made from Ally ,

if they where it was built at Autofarm at Amersham

[23e Heure]

I’ve put it in the wrong thread, sorry.
Here it is again from other angles:

[RobFrost]

Does it have a flat 6 in the back AND a V8 in the front? That would make a fast car.

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[stichill99]

It looks like it has an STD

[23e Heure]

It looks like it has an STD

…and where did it catch that?

[gulf908]

this is April 1 - right ??
otherwise its a bit of tragic taste !

cheers
Dennis

[kitesurfer2]

Stroesek conversion?

[23e Heure]

Hackney. “Just park it by the bins”