Donald Healey Chronology
Browse through the history of Donald Healey.
1898
Donald Mitchell Healey (DMH) was born in Perranporth, Cornwall. This family photo shows Donald Healey...Read More
1919
After serving as a pilot in World War I for the RFC (Royal Flying Corps), Donald Healey opens upRead More
1929
Donald Healey participates for the first time in the Rally of Monte Carlo with a Triumph Super Seven...Read More
1934
Donald Healey becomes technical manager at the Triumph Motor Company....Read More
1939-1944
At the outbreak of the second world war Triumph shifts to making aircraft parts. During...Read More
1945
The Donald Healey Motor Company was founded. The company operates out of a former hangar...Read More
1946
The Healey Westland was designed during the war. Initially Donald wanted to sell...Read More
1948
Geoffrey and donald healey with the Westland en abbott healey’’s that participated in the...Read More
1949
Donald Healey and Tommy Wisdom at the 1949 Alpine Rally . The Healey Silverstone finished 1st in class and...Read More
1950
Gerry Coker, designer of the Healey 100 working on his drawing board. Gerry ...Read More
1951
Geoffrey Healey tackles paperwork next to the Nash Healey during the 1951 Tour de France...Read More
1952
Austin Motor Company wanted a sports car to compete with MG. On the eve of the 1952 Earls...Read More
1953
In Longbridge series production of the Austin Healey 100 starts. This photo shows the...Read More
1954
At the Bonneville Flats the streamlined AH100 established a new ...Read More
1955
The dramatic accident at Le Mans. More than 90 people were killed. Healey driver...Read More
1956
Donald Healey with the 100-6 streamliner in 1956. Four international records were achieved...Read More
1957
This 100/6 (UOC 741) was initially used for publicity purposes. In 1957 the car was converted...Read More
1958
A journalist from the Daily Express makes a test drive with Donald Healey in the Sprite. The presentation...Read More
1959
Cyril Smith, Tommy Wisdom’s navigator checks clearance of the snow chains in the Monte Carlo Rally. In March of that year, the production...Read More
1960
In 1960 the production of the Austin Healey’s is at full capacity to meet the large demand....Read More
1961
Donald Healey moves his business into a former cinema building in Warwick. In the foreground the streamlined...Read More
1962
The Austin Healey's of the Morley brothers and Pat Moss is serviced during the Alpine... Read More
1963
The AH Sprites were successful in many races and rallies. This is de Sprite that performed...Read More
1964
The factory team for the rally Liège-Sofia-Liège with Timo Makinen/Don Barrow; Rauno...Read More
1965
Press photo from 1965 near the Lake of Lugano in Switzerland. The Austin-Healey 3000 BJ8 has already...Read More
1966
At Le Mans this orange Sprite Coupe with overdrive runs 150 miles per hour....Read More
1967
One of the last Austin Healey's built in 1967, the BJ8 phase 2 with the major direction pointers...Read More
1968
The Healey SR with a 2 litre Coventry Climax V8 engine. The car competes in 1968 and 1969 at Le Mans...Read More
1971
Donald Healey starts a new venture with the financially struggling Jensen Company. In the picture...Read More
1973
In this year, Donald Healey was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. In the photo...Read More
1978
The Healey family has always demonstrated great interest in the many Austin Healey clubs from all over the world. On the picture Donald Healey...Read More
1988
On 15 January this year Donald Mitchell Healey passed away in Perranporth, a few months before his 90th birthday.Read More
1996
In 1996 Donald Healey has been inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame for his achievement in motorsport...Read More