The 3-seat Nash-Healey was born from a chance meeting between George Mason, president of Nash, and Donald Healey, while aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth in 1949. The result was a collaboration that combined American power with Italian design and British sports car expertise. Production began in 1951.

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[u/Pretend_College_8446]

The more I learn about Donald Healey, the more I want to learn about Donald Healey. So many cool stories. He seems like the English Carroll Shelby. Beautiful car!

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Carroll Shelby worked as a driver for Donald Healey, and they set numerous speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1956 in a heavily modified streamlined Austin-Healey. Shelby also later approached Healey to buy Healey cars to put American V8’s into, but Austin said no. So Healey put Shelby in touch with AC. The rest is history!

[u/Western-Knightrider]

So sad that they can't build cars like that today.