Healey Silverstone 1 of 105 ever made!
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| colour | | BLue | | drive | | LHD | | type | | unknown | | year | | 1950 | | price | | P.O.R. | | VAT | | No | | city | | 1190 AA Ouderkerk aan de Amstel | | country | |  |
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Donald Healey, a British rally racing driver and car manufacturer, founded the company bearing his name in 1945. Healey had started out racing, and then, turned to car manufacturing. He was a Technical Chief at Triumph, and also, had helped Riley build some of their proven race winning engines. At first, The Donald Healey Motor Company manufactured box-section chassis. Riley supplied the engines and the rear axles. The Riley engine Healey used was 2.443cc. Healey then decided to make a car truly made for sports car racing. In 1949, Healey introduced the Silverstone. Virtually a single seat styled grand prix car with fenders. The chassis nose was rounded off and fell steeply at the front. Interestingly, behind the vertical bar grill set the cars two headlights. The tires wear neatly covered by cycle fenders. One of the other interesting design aspects to the Silverstone was Healeys placement of the spare tire. All together, the Healey Silverstone was a fantastic looking reall grand prix racing car. The Silverstone experienced great success on the race track, especially in club events. The Healey Silverstone is a unique car. Only 105 examples are ever made which makes the car not cheap but neverteless, it is 1 of the few cars left with this shape which is still reasonable priced. Comparing the looks with the driving capabilities and the eligibility for the events, it might be clear that a Silverstone must be a good car for invesment. In the last years we have been able to buy some Silverstones. It is always hard to find the cars because of the small amount of cars which have been made. The car we have for sale now is currently in a nut and bolt restoration programme at THE most well known Healey Silverstone specialist. The result will be amazing and every nut and every bolt will be taken apart. The engine will benefit from a complete rebuild even as the gearbox, the rear axle, actually everything. At the moment it is still possible to build the Silverstone on a personal taste concerning the exterior color and the interior. For more information or an appointment, please call Rutger Houtkamp+31625098150 or send an e-mail to Rutger@Houtkamp.nl. Please feel free to contact us by phone during evenings or in the weekend. The Houtkamp Collection is centrally located near Amsterdam and only 10 minutes from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
Sold on the 10.03.2013 |
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