Healey Chassis Details

All the Healey Cars were built on one basic chassis, which underwent a steady program of improvements.

The first cars were on the A type Chassis (using numbers A1234 etc) and production ended with the N type.

Type	Approx Dates	Number Built	Models built on this version	Brakes	Shock Absorbers	Axle	Other Changes
A	1946 – mid1947	92	Duncan Elliott Westland	Lockheed	Lever Arm	Torque Tube
B	mid 1947 – late 1949	230	Duncan Elliott Sportsmobile Westland	Lockheed	Lever Arm	Torque Tube	Battery position moved to under rear seats
C	1949 – mid 1951	178	Abbott Tickford	Lockheed	Lever Arm	Torque Tube
BT	mid 1951 – late 1951	50	Abbott Tickford	Lockheed	Lever Arm	Torque Tube
D	late 1949 – mid 1950	51	Silverstone	Lockheed	Telescopic	Torque Tube	Engine moved back 6″
E	mid 1950 – 195?	54	Silverstone	Lockheed	Lever Arm	Torque Tube	Wider body, more legroom, larger screen
F	late1951 – 1954	100	Abbott Tickford	Girling	Telescopic	Salisbury
G	1951 – 1952	28	Alvis	Girling	Telescopic	Salisbury
N	1951 – 1954	total 504 102″ wheelbase 150 108″ wheelbase 150	Nash	Bendix	Telescopic	Nash

VARIATIONS

Tickford and Abbott have a longer chassis, created by extensions bolted to the rear of the standard chassis.