Cobra Precursors

[HealeyRick]

Here's a salmagundi of interesting stuff I've found in researching the history of V8s in Healeys:

MG related:







MG V8 beats a Vette:



Healey stuff

Max Balchowsky's 283 Chevy swap into a Healey 100 featured in Hot Rod magazine in June 1956







A big block Healey first done in 1957







AC stuff

From Trevor Legates "Cobra - The First 40 Years"

BEX 327 - ordered from AC and shipped to the US and fitted with a Corvette motor in 1957 with various body mods later seen on the Cobra:



Here's a link to the whole story, but it's best to access on Google Chrome for a translation.

http://www.cobracars.be/bex%****7.html