{"id":8361,"date":"2020-05-16T03:04:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spriteclub.com.au\/?p=8361"},"modified":"2020-05-16T03:04:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:34:34","slug":"flashback-friday-the-day-geoffrey-healey-nearly-came-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spriteclub.com.au\/?p=8361","title":{"rendered":"Flashback Friday – The Day Geoffrey Healey Nearly Came To Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Geoffrey Healey 1922 – 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Father and Son combination of Donald and Geoffrey Healey were instrumental in the formation of the Donald Healey Motor Company and the following association with Austin to form Austin-Healey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Donald had the ideas of the various vehicles, Geoffrey as the engineer assisted to put these ideas into reality. This was particularly so with the development of the Sprite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Geoffrey Healey working on the drawings for the Bugeye Sprite at the Donald Healey Motor Company<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

During 1993 in preparation for the Sprite Club of South Australia’s 21st Birthday, the secretary wrote to Geoffrey inviting him to join us for our celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sprite Club received the following reply…………<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While Geoffrey and Margot Healey did not attend, the 21st Birthday and the port bottling went ahead as planned. And a good time was had by all, but that is a story for another day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Geoffrey passed away the following year and the Sprite Club sent the letter below to Margot as a mark of respect for the man we did not get to meet……………..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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