Build Number 1 of a total of 54 vehicles ever built - MILLE MIGLIA eligible!
Build Number 1 of a total of 54 vehicles ever built - MILLE MIGLIA eligible!
The Healey Silverstone is a car model from the British sports car manufacturer Donald Healey Motor Company. The founder of the company was engineer and rally driver Donald Healey, who established it in 1945. The Silverstone was introduced in 1949, and production began later that year. The car is named after the newly opened racing circuit in Silverstone, the Silverstone Circuit.
The 4-cylinder inline engine from Riley has a displacement of 2443 cm³ and is longitudinally mounted in the front; it produces 106 bhp (79 kW) at 4500 rpm. As is typical in British automotive engineering of the time, it has a long stroke design (bore 80.5 mm, stroke 120 mm), with a compression ratio of 6.84:1. Power is transmitted to the rear axle via a four-speed gearbox.
The body was designed by Len Hedges of Panelcraft. The headlights are concealed behind the grille, and the front wheels protrude from the body similar to a Formula 1 race car. The fenders can be removed for racing, and the windshield can be folded down. There is no rear bumper to save weight. Instead, the spare tire is located in an open compartment and extends beyond the contour of the body.
The chassis is constructed as a box frame. The front suspension consists of double wishbones with coil springs and a stabilizer. The upper wishbones also operate the lever shock absorbers. At the rear, a solid axle with semi-elliptical springs and a Panhard rod is installed. All four wheels have Lockheed drum brakes. There are two versions of the chassis. Type D corresponds to the standard version, but the engine is located about 7 cm further back in the chassis. It was replaced by Type E, which offered more comfort. The body is slightly wider, providing a bit more legroom. Externally, the E-specification versions can be distinguished by their larger windshields.
The Silverstone achieved a top speed of over 170 km/h and could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 11 seconds.
The production of the body and final assembly of the cars was handled by the British specialist company Abbey Panel & Sheet Metal Co. A total of five prototypes and 106 production cars (51 Type D and 54 Type E) were built. Production ended in September 1950. The Healey Silverstone was priced at £975, which kept it within the 33 1/3% tax bracket. Cars costing more than £1,000 were subject to a 66 2/3% tax. The vehicle offered here carries the build number 1 of the 54 cars built of Series E.
Excerpt from the Healey Register:
Healey Data Sheet Chassis No.: E 51
Healey Silverstone Chassis No.: E 51
First Reg.No.: delivered to Switzerland
Reg.No.: ZH 113856
Known owners:
Mr. Haldiman, Switzerland
Mr. Berger, Switzerland
Car dealer in Valais, Switzerland
Rolf Buccella, Switzerland 1974 -
Events:
Hill climbs in Switzerland
Grand Prix in Bern ??
2006 Klausen Race St. No: 80
2006 Mutschellen
2008 Aug. Altbüron LU
2009 Eggberg Hill Climb
2009 Grand Prix Suisse
2009 Moonlight Rally
2009 Aug. Altbüron Hill Climb
2010 Walzenhaus Hill Sprint
2010 Hittnau
2011 Eggberg Race
2011 Michaels Kreuz Race
2012 Eggberg Race
2013 Grand Prix Suisse
2013 Lignieres Historique
2013 Grossglockner Grand Prix
2014 Cote des Epis
2014 Michaels Kreuz Race
2014 Grossglockner Grand Prix
2014 GP Mutschellen
2015 Grossglockner Grand Prix
2015 Cote des Epis
2015 Aug. Altbüron Hill Climb
2015 Vernasca Silver Flag
2016 Cote des Epis
2016 Walzenhausen Hill Sprint
Literature:
Book: Darf es ein Ferrari sein? by Rob de la Rive Box, 1993
Appendix:
The E 51 was exported as a new car directly to Switzerland in June 1950. Interestingly, the numbering ran from D-1 to D-51 and E-51 to E-104. Thus, the 51 was allocated twice under D and E, and a total of 105 Silverstones were produced.
As I have been informed, the car was imported by a dealer from Valais and used for racing in Switzerland (hill climbs and possibly Grand Prix Bern). Its widow later sold it. Rolf Buccella bought E51 in January 1974 as a wreck but roadworthy for 10,000 CHF from the Swiss dealer Rob de la Rive Box, storing it in a barn from 1974 to 1996, and then sent it to England for restoration in 1996. The restoration was completed in 1998. The sheet metal connection that attached the front fenders to the body was removed, the exhaust was designed as a sidepipe, and the dashboard was renewed in the style of later E-types, meaning the instrument left of the speedometer, which is also present in this arrangement in E52, was removed.
Rolf Buccella participated in the Int. Healey Meeting in St. Moritz, Switzerland, with E51 in August 2004.
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