Healey Tickford Saloon History
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Introduced in 1950 as the successor to the Elliott, the Healey Tickford was bodied by the coachbuilder Tickford (later part of Aston Martin) and sat on Healey's updated Riley-engined chassis which now featured Girling brakes. It was described in period as 'certainly the prettiest closed Healey, complete with proper boot.'
Still powered by the Riley 2.4-litre twin-cam, the Tickford was heavier than the earlier cars but more refined and better equipped, with genuinely comfortable four-seat accommodation and proper luggage space — making it more of a grand touring car than an outright sports machine.
The Tickford was the most numerous of all the Riley-engined Healeys, with 222 produced from 1950 until the company wound down its independent production in 1954 as the Austin-Healey partnership with BMC took over volume manufacturing.
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