If Chris Hollins survives this week's round of Strictly Come Dancing he could go on to take the crown according to former competitor Austin "the guns" Healey. I had a chat with the ex-rugby player earlier for an arts page...
What’d I tell ya about the barn finds yesterday? Here’s another, a 1960 Austin-Healey BT7 being offered for $7,950 out of Osseo, Minnesota. From the seller’s description: 1960 Austin-Healey BT7 3000, barn find, stored for 35 years, good restoration project or use it for parts, solid car minimal rust, missing front bumper. He’s from Minnesota, so he...
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition , where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot . What's the ideal Denver car? No, not a Subaru Outback- it's the Big Healey! You need a machine that looks sharp while navigating those twisty mountain roads, right? OK, so this car might not be so great in the snow, but you need to be willing...
While attempting to convey the glorious sound of a big Healey that won the heart of our man Allan, we showed a quick video yesterday of a short drive in an AustinHealey road car. Some of us found that video a bit less than inspiring. Gary Faules went hunting and came up with this [...]
In his Love at First Sight segment of Shutter Speed, Allan De La Plante tells us how the sound of that old Healey added to his infatuation. With all the cool race car sounds around here these days, Allan thought we should bring a little bit of the Healey magic into the place. Somehow I don’t [...]
... the UK, there are dozens more that have faded into the night: carmakers like Triumph, Sunbeam, AC, Austin-Healey and TVR. But one is making a comeback. Founded by Derek Bennett in 1965, Chevron Cars produced more than 60 distinct racing cars over the course of its history. But the Lancaster-based automaker has long since faded into obscurity. The marque now belongs to Westfield Sportscars,...
Three more celebrities have been added to the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour next year. Zoe Lucker, Natalie Cassidy and Ali Bastian join AustinHealey, Mark Ramprakash and Kelly Brook on the arena tour which begins in Manchester in January. Visit the tour website for more info.
Peter Wheeler was not wearing a hat last night which will have come as a relief to AustinHealey who had promised that he would eat the Leicester chief executive's headgear if his former club won this game. Healey's gloomy prediction that Leicester would be "tonked" was not just another controversial comment from the "Liverpool Lip" but was based on the sensible...
Two thirds of the way through their week-long stays with struggling families in Leeds, Keith Allen, Mel B, AustinHealey and Trinny Woodall continue to make concerned noises, while many viewers are left thinking “Why do programme-makers feel the need to cheapen serious issues by constantly resorting to the use of celebrities'”