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Monthly Archives: January 2016

Part 3 – Paintwork, Engine & Completion

Paint colour dilemmas - Charlie and Bill made the final choice decisions - light duck egg blue for the engine

Restoration of NUE 854 -Paintwork, Engine and Completion By Chris Dixon I was asked by Bill Rawles Classic Cars if I could put a few words together about my car. I purchased the first right hand drive Austin Healey 100 BN1, NUE 854, built Feb-Mar 1953 at the Healey Warwick Works. In 2014, the car was …

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Part 2 – The Restoration Continues

Part 2 - The restoration at Bill Rawles Classic Cars took grom August 2014 to August 2015

Part 2 – NUE 854 Restoration at Bill Rawles Classic Cars By Chris Dixon This is part 2 of the story of the restoration of my Healey NUE 854. Part 1 – A Story of Restoration can be found under MORE in the Blog section on this website. The restoration at Bill Rawles Classic Cars took from …

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Part 1 – A Story of Restoration

The story of NUE 854

 Part 1 – A Story of Restoration at Bill Rawles Classic Cars The First Right Hand Drive Austin Healey 100 BN1 NUE 854 by Chris Dixon NUE 854 and its first Owner I guess we all must know that in 1952 Donald Healey conceived a new sports-car: the revolutionary Healey 100. History records so famously his …

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My First Weekend of Healey Racing

My First Weekend of Healey Racing

    My First Weekend of Healey Racing at the 2015 Autumn Classic HDI 25th Anniversary Invitation Challenge Race By Jack Rawles                           The RevCounter is the Club’s monthly magazine that comes FREE with membership. The Austin Healey Club says “The RevCounter is packed …

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Happy New Year 2016

  Happy New Year 2016 and all that….. by Bill Rawles Hi everyone and welcome to my first blog of 2016. In fact I should re-phrase that as welcome to the first blog piece that I have ever written. Anyone who knows me will know that I belong in the workshop, amongst the cars and …

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Jack Rawles test driving an Austin Healey 100S at Goodwood circuit ahead of the up coming 81st Members Meeting taking place 13th to 14th April 2024 - Photo Credit @anonymous_visual

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