Graham Robson is the doyen of writers on rallying. His new book, Works
Healeys in Detail, joins his respected Works Triumphs and Works Escorts
in our list. Here he tells of the story of Donald Healey’s introduction
of the cars of his own make into the world of rallying and racing, from
the Healey Elliott and Westland of the late 1940s through to the last
racing Austin-Healey Sprite in 1967. In between he produced competition
versions of the Austin-Healey 100 and 100S, the 100-6 and the gloriously
successful 3000, a brutal and wayward machine that won countless
international rallies in the 1960s in the hands of great drivers like
Pat Moss, Timo Makinen, Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk, to name but a
few. The book covers the career of each of the works cars individually:
entries, drivers and results, with nearly all cars illustrated. In
addition there is detailed colour photography of important surviving
examples. In Works Healeys in Detail, rally veteran and historian Graham
Robson tackles the career of every works Healey – racing, rallying and
record-breaking.
Graham Robson is the doyen of writers on rallying. His new book, Works
Healeys in Detail, joins his respected Works Triumphs and Works Escorts
in our list. Here he tells of the story of Donald Healey’s introduction
of the cars of his own make into the world of rallying and racing, from
the Healey Elliott and Westland of the late 1940s through to the last
racing Austin-Healey Sprite in 1967. In between he produced competition
versions of the Austin-Healey 100 and 100S, the 100-6 and the gloriously
successful 3000, a brutal and wayward machine that won countless
international rallies in the 1960s in the hands of great drivers like
Pat Moss, Timo Makinen, Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk, to name but a
few. The book covers the career of each of the works cars individually:
entries, drivers and results, with nearly all cars illustrated. In
addition there is detailed colour photography of important surviving
examples. In Works Healeys in Detail, rally veteran and historian Graham
Robson tackles the career of every works Healey – racing, rallying and
record-breaking.
Author: Graham Robson
Author Bio: Graham Robson possesses a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has been close to the sport of rallying for many years, as a competitor, team manager, organizer, reporter, commentator and observer; in more than forty years he has never lost touch with the sport. Not only has Graham competed in many British and European events, he's also reported on marathons in South America, and acted as a traveling controller in the legendary London-Mexico World Cup Rally. As a recognized authority on many aspects of classic cars and motoring of that period, he is the most prolific of all authors, with more than 130 published books to his credit. Over the years Graham has owned, driven, described and competed in many of the cars featured in the Rally Giants Series, and his insight to their merits is unmatched. Graham Robson lives and works in England.Graham Robson is one of the most experienced, prolific and versatile motoring historians in the world, and is recognized as one of the authorities on anything concerning Ford in motorsport. He watched his first F1 GP - at Aintree - in 1955, and has never lost touch with the cars, the technical trends, and - most importantly - the personalities connected with placing Ford, and Cosworth, at the pinnacle of F1. He was close to Cosworth, both as a working historian, and as a personal friend of the company's senior personalities, throughout the lengthy period covered by the DFV - and considers it an honour to have been entrusted with the compilation of this amazing story.
ISBN: 9781906133795
Publisher: Herridge & Sons Ltd.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Illustrations: 200+ color & b/w photos
Language: NA
Pages: 176
Printing Status: In Print
Edition: NA
Country Made: NA
