by Fred DeSantis Just when you think you know something about fasteners, your little British car tells you that you really don’t. All I wanted to do was adjust the doors! The door hinges on my 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 are fastened to the body with 8 screws, 4 to a hinge. The driver’s side had…
by Wayne Dyke The year was 1963. I was lucky to have my own ride in high school—a 1951 Ford flathead—but I was always envious of classmates who cruised around in any of the British sports cars that we all salivated over in the late 50s and 60s. I remember one silver and blue big…
by Mike Harton I didn’t have a car of my own throughout high school, but it was not as if I didn’t have something to drive. My dad customized a ’50 Chevy pickup, which I drove to my graduation banquet, and a cool ’57 Ranchero, which I got to use whenever I had a date….
Stu Lasswell When asked, “What is it that you love so much about British sports cars?” I think the answer is right there in the name: SPORTS car! Sport, by definition, usually means some form of competition. For automobiles, that means racing! And when it comes to the cars we all own, know, and love,…
by Pat Williams I have been a Moss Motors customer for at least 44 years. The first receipt I have, which was filled out by hand, is dated September 20, 1980, and was for $61.27. I had driven 150 miles up to Goleta for two windshield post pads, door seals, boot seal, and a rear…
by Greg Cory An unusual bit of luck and an opportunity was presented to the Golden Gate Austin-Healey Club (GGAHC). It was an inquiry from an attorney who wanted to run an ad for a car. He described it as a “very rough” Austin-Healey and sent a couple of pictures. I gave him a call…
from the Graham Robson Archives Donald Healey was an amazingly industrious character. Famous for so many things in a long career, he always seemed to be quite ageless, for when the Austin-Healey marque was prominent, Donald was already in his sixties, but gifted with the energy of a 30-year-old. Until his reluctant retirement to his…
By Todd Morris A few years ago, our family completed our build of a 1964 Austin-Healey Sprite race car. We got it street legal, drove it everywhere around town, explored our local backroads, and ran some track days with it, too. But I wanted more of a challenge. I wanted to really race it! I…
By Keith Daniel Back in the latter half of the last century I restored my Austin-Healey. All new metal front to back on the bottom 12 inches. Went through the brakes, hoses, belts, starter and generator. Just an amateur restore, not a frame-off, but turned out pretty good. Got my friend with a body shop…
