1955 Austin Healey 100S: Full Circle

This video is me, in so many ways.

What a fantastic piece.

Wow, just wow. Beautiful cinematography and direction. The film perfectly personified developing a passion and chasing a dream. Love it.

I assume this car resides in South Australia (SA number plate) with the gumtrees in the background. I recently attended a private classic car show outside Brisbane and a similar 100S was on display. The sign said it was “one of 57 built by the Donald Healy Motor Company specifically for long distance racing.These cars competed in races such as le Mans 24 hours., Sebring 12 hours and the Mille Miglia the 1000 mile race around Italy. This car is one of the most original of the type remaining having covered less than 19,000 miles from new. 5 were sent to Australia and 2 to New Zealand. The owner has had this car since 1974.”

Why no sound of the engine? For me, the best part of the Morning Coffee series is the lack of sound, other than the car itself. The DB4 video was the best of those so far.

This, on the other hand, is a beautifully shot video, but it doesn’t feel like Morning Coffee. This is an emotional ride through time, and is exceptionally well done. It deserves to be shown on this site and anywhere else like minded people gather.

But I really look forward to the Morning Coffee videos, and of late they have been disappointing. Too much music. Too little of the sounds I love hearing in my own car. The roar of the wind. The thwack of pebbles thrown by tires. The snick of the shifter through the selector. Please return to form soon.

3rd viewing and the aerial tracking and car at speed shots at the end are simply wonderful.

Reminds me of parts of Chris Rea’s La Passione. Very nice!

Why doesn’t Petrolicious credit the maker of the video, Dave Parkinson, who shot it for his dad, Tony, who owns AHS 3906, the 100S in the video? As far as I can tell, all Petrolicious has done is change the background music: https://vimeo.com/242011130 It’s such a beautiful video, it’s a shame the creator isn’t getting credit.

Beautiful.

Beautifully done. Something different. Only thing missing was a little sound from the car. A young boys memories and dreams would have included the sound. I know mine do.

reaching into a box of nuts and bolts, figuring out fine thread, coarse thread…metric, sae, watching cars drive by. Having flashbacks, as a young boy, when my Dad was stationed in Paris, there was a teacher at Paris American High School that had a Healey 3000 and I would watch it pull out of the parking lot and drive away. It made a great sound and it fueled the inner car guy fire that still burns five decades later. Thanks, Petrolicious, looking forward to the next video.

Beautiful.
Where are we?
Is it a 100 or a 1000S?