Healey Silverstone by blinkings

Photography • Transportation • posted on Jul 01, 2011

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

1949. Healey's Silverstone, introduced in July 1949, was a sort of streamlined version of the traditional prewar British sports car, a cigar-shaped roadster with cutaway doors, separate "clamshell" fenders, and a smooth nose with a "waterfall" vertical-bar grille sporting two closely set headlights behind. Because they were assembled mostly by hand, Healeys were expensive. As a dual-purpose "race-and-ride" sports car, the Silverstone was designed to be light, simple, and functional. Thus, weather protection was rudimentary, while the spare tire was mounted in the tail and jutted out to do double duty as the rear bumper. And at about 2,100 pounds, the Silverstone weighed 400-500 pounds less than other Healeys, which contributed to its success in competition.

Comments (16)

geoffwoods

1:11AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Oh my goodness mate this is torture I want one of those . thanks for sharing these I'm enjoying them. Geoff.

)

jayfar

1:14AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

This is a beauty and its even got a tow hitch.

)

Crabbycabby

1:19AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Beautiful colour.

)

Bossie_Boots

1:27AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Oh wow amazing set of wheels thanks for the info !!

)

kgb224

1:58AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.

)

durleybeachbum

2:03AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Gorgeous! I had a toy one of these once, we played wuith it so much it lost most of its paint.

whaleman

2:33AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

This was the forerunner of a truly classical Austin Healy design that melted the hearts of thousands!

)

fallen21

2:42AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Superb car!

)

Feliciti

3:41AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

what a car !!! thx for info too !!

)

Faemike55

8:28AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Wonderful capture

)

danapommet

9:27AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Fantastic capture and info Andrew. What a front end design. Dana

)

bobrgallegos

10:56AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

Awesome photo of this classic auto!!

)

bmac62

11:14AM | Fri, 01 July 2011

A Healey I didn't know existed. Beautiful shot. Mine had rudimentary weather protection too...at least around the side windows above the low cut doors.

)