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WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE Warwick Healey Motor Company Catalogue CR 4778 WARWICK HEALEY MOTOR COMPANY INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 4 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY ......................................................................................... 6 Healey Marine ................................................................................................................ 10 Company expansion and move ...................................................................................... 10 Jensen-Healey and beyond ............................................................................................. 11 Return to Cornwall and later years ................................................................................ 12 Healey companies .......................................................................................................... 12 Healey cars ..................................................................................................................... 13 CORPORATE & ADMINISTRATIVE ............................................................................ 15 Corporate records relating to companies ....................................................................... 15 Perranzabuloe Holdings ............................................................................................. 15 Donald Healey Motor Company Ltd ......................................................................... 16 Healey Automobile Consultants Ltd (HACL) ........................................................... 17 Healey Marine Ltd ..................................................................................................... 18 Healey Car Sales Ltd ................................................................................................. 19 Jensen Motors Ltd ...................................................................................................... 19 Healey Cars Ltd ......................................................................................................... 20 Healey Drivers Club Ltd ............................................................................................ 20 Other companies ........................................................................................................ 21 Legal files and correspondence ...................................................................................... 21 PRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 36 Car production: pre- and early Donald Healey Motor Company models ...................... 36 Car production: Healey Sprite ....................................................................................... 41 Car production: Austin Healey 3000 ............................................................................. 43 Car production: Jensen-Healey ...................................................................................... 45 Car production: Frogeye Car Company ......................................................................... 51 Car production: various projects (including post-Jensen) ............................................. 52 Car production photographs ........................................................................................... 66 Pre-Donald Healey Motor Company and Austin-Healey 100 on .............................. 66 Sprite .......................................................................................................................... 68 SR ............................................................................................................................... 71 Various projects ......................................................................................................... 72 'Isle of Wight' Frogeye Car Company frogeye .......................................................... 73 Locations .................................................................................................................... 73 Car photographs: different models................................................................................. 74 Westland Roadster/Elliott .......................................................................................... 74 © Copyright Warwickshire County Record Office 2 CR 4778 WARWICK HEALEY MOTOR COMPANY Healey Silverstone ..................................................................................................... 74 Healey Sports convertible .......................................................................................... 75 Nash Healey ............................................................................................................... 75 Austin-Healey 100 ..................................................................................................... 75 Austin Healey 3000.................................................................................................... 75 Sprite, Midget, Spridget ............................................................................................. 76 Prototypes and one-offs ............................................................................................. 77 Marine production .......................................................................................................... 79 Marine production: drawings ..................................................................................... 80 Marine production: photographs ................................................................................ 80 Wind power .................................................................................................................... 83 CORPORATE RELATIONS............................................................................................. 85 Sales literature ................................................................................................................ 85 Racing ............................................................................................................................ 90 General corporate relations ............................................................................................ 98 Press cuttings and articles ............................................................................................ 109 Clubs, organisations and enthusiasts............................................................................ 130 General correspondence including single magazines .............................................. 130 Specific magazines................................................................................................... 132 Corporate relations photographs .................................................................................. 147 General corporate relations photographs ................................................................. 147 Racing photographs ................................................................................................. 153 FAMILY & PERSONAL ................................................................................................ 160 Documents and correspondence .................................................................................. 160 Family and personal photographs ................................................................................ 165 © Copyright Warwickshire County Record Office 3 CR 4778 WARWICK HEALEY MOTOR COMPANY INTRODUCTION The archive of the Warwick Healey Motor Company was purchased by Warwickshire County Record Office in May 2016 with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, other funders and private donations. The collection has now been catalogued and what follows is the latest version of that catalogue. For more information on the Warwick Healey Motor Company Project, please see the Healey blog. This catalogue is a reference tool to help you identify items within the collection which are relevant for your research. The items described in this collection can be viewed in the search room at Warwickshire County Record Office during our opening hours, free of charge. Alternatively, we are able to answer some enquiries by email or post and we can supply copies for a fee. Please follow the links below for up to date information on the services we offer. When planning your research, please make a note of the ‘Document Reference Number’ (found to the left of each item description in the catalogue below) as this is how we uniquely identify each item in the collection. It can also be helpful to include a brief description of the item to avoid any confusion. You can also search the Healey catalogue online on Warwickshire’s Past Unlocked, where you will also find the latest additions to the collection. Help and advice on using the catalogue is available on the website, and we have also produced a guide to using the Healey catalogue in particular. Useful links Warwick Healey Motor Company Archive blog Warwickshire County Record Office: copying services Warwickshire County Record Office: enquiry services Warwickshire County Record Office: visit Warwickshire County Record Office: copyright Warwickshire’s Past Unlocked Searching the Warwick Healey Motor Company Archive Contact us Email: [email protected] Warwickshire County Record Office Priory Park Cape Road Warwick CV34 4JS © Copyright Warwickshire County Record Office 4 CR 4778 WARWICK HEALEY MOTOR COMPANY November 2017 © Copyright