Austin Healey Club of Oregon

Question 1:

On a left hand drive Healey the wipers always rest on the Drivers side. Which side do they rest on for a right hand drive car?

  Drivers side
  Passengers side

Question 2:

Most of the 100S modes were painted what color?

  White over Blue Royale
  British Racing Green
  Mineral Blue
  Reno Red
  White over Lobelia Blue

Question 3:

What is the correct name (according to Smiths) for the color of the gauges on an Austin Healey?

  Gold
  Magnolia
  Safron
  GoldTone

Question 4:

What was the first production car to have disc brakes on all four corners?

  Austin Healey 100
  Austin Healey 100S
  Austin Healey Sprite
  Austin Healey 3000 MII
  Austin Healey 3000 MIII

Question 5:

An original coil on an Austin Healey was marked CB and SW What does CB stand for?

  Common British
  Contact Breaker
  Common Bond
  Contact Base
  Copper Black

Question 6:

What did Donald Healey do prior to racing and building automobiles?

  He was a pilot
  He was a carpenter
  He built tractors
  He worked for the railroad

Question 7:

What was the number of Lance Macklin’s Austin Healey 100 at the 1955 Le Mans race?

  18
  23
  26
  30
  59

Question 8:

What Healey had a fuse to control the light circuit and where is it located?

  AH 100S, on the firewall
  AH 3000 BT7, under the dash
  Late Production AH 3000 BJ8 in the boot
  AH Sprite (UK only) in the boot
  None, with Lucus who needs a fuse

Question 9:

How many carburetors did the BN5 have?

  One
  Two
  Three
  None

Question 10:

Which of the following paint colors was not an Austin Healey color?

  BRITISH RACING GREEN
  PACIFIC GREEN
  FLORIDA GREEN
  ISLAND GREEN
  LEAF GREEN

Question 11:

A 1954 ad for the Austin Healey 100 showed a price of ‘only $2985′. In 2008 dollars, if that ad ran the price would approximately be?

  $18,000
  $23,000
  $31,000
  $36,000

Question 12:

Austin’s big six-cylinder engine and Donald Healey’s sports car made a great match. But it wasn’t the first time Healey had tied up with another manufacturer to make a ‘hybrid’ sports car. Which company did Healey work with the first time?

  Cadillac
  Rover
  Nash
  Packard

Question 13:

What model Austin Healey had a removable rear window fastened with clips rather than a zipper?

  BJ8
  BJ7
  BT7
  BN6

Question 14:

Which of the following actors drove an Austin Healey 3000 in the movie?

  David Niven in Casino Royal
  Steve Martin in Father of the Bride
  Sean Connery in Dr. No
  Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crowne Affair
  Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting

Question 15:

How many Austin Healey 100S models (including test cars) were made?

  45
  50
  55
  100
  640

Question 16:

How many Austin Healey 3000 MKIIIs where produced in 1968?

  None, 1967 was the last year of production
  Only one
  100, using up the last stock of engines
  16322, the most Healeys produced in any year

Question 17:

The father of jokes about warm beer and smoke escaping from wires is Joseph Lucas. Lucas died …

  of electrocution
  in an auto accident
  of maleria after rallye in India
  of typhoid after drinking infected water

Question 18:

Which model of Austin Healey had 72 spoke wheels as standard equipment?

  AH 3000 BJ8 MIII
  AH 100M Le Mans
  AH 3000 BN7 and BT7
  AH Sprite Mark V (UK only)
  None, these were first used on the MGC