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BIG HITTER

The vast majority of British sports cars were exported, and a vast majority of those went to America. So it’s not surprising to regularly come across repatriated examples. This ‘Big Healey’ is one such case, having originally been sent to Fort Worth, Texas in 1961. It came back to the UK in the 2000s, had a spell in storage and then was fully restored in 2004, which included a conversion to right-hand drive.

BODYWORK

It has been very well maintained since, so the

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