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epIlogue: requIem For a dream
(ABOVE) A Panelcraft roadster in an attractive, albeit non-stock, shade of blue is parked next to a mobile home in the 1970s. (Bill Emerson Collection)
(LEFT, ALL) The Nash-Healey Association and Nash-Healey Car Club helped owners enhance their experience with the marque, publishing regular newsletters and magazines containing helpful articles on various historical, social and technical topics, not to mention hosting gatherings allowing them to share their passion with other enthusiasts. (Bill Emerson Collection)
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Duesenberg SJ, Auburn Speedster, and a few others including the Farina- bodied Nash-Healey. Others become a classic after a period of years).”
The debate might have caused more friction than one might have imagined, since the group disbanded in late 1959, but another took its place more than a decade later with the formation of the Nash-Healey Car Club, which published its first magazine in January 1970. The inaugural issue contained a short recitation of the marque’s birth and some personal reminiscences from owners, including one who recalled that “driving the car was sheer joy, with a combination of ‘on rails’ cornering ability and a firm, but very comfortable ride. I’ll never forget one time on an SCCA rally, I was with a fellow who had driven all sorts of exotic machinery, when we approached a sharp downhill curve at 80 mph. That was about the only time I thought we wouldn’t make it, but giving it full power we made the curve with gravel and dirt flying in all directions, and the tires howling for mercy. My passenger did admit that for cornering ability, the Nash-Healey was as good as any sports car of its day.”
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