The Healey Tickford was a four-seat, two-door sports saloon built by the Donald Healey Motor Company at Warwick from 1950 to 1954. It took its name from its coachbuilder, Tickford of Newport Pagnell, and replaced the Elliott in 1950 on an improved chassis with Girling brakes, lengthened at the rear by bolted-on extensions. Like the Elliott and Westland before it, it used a Riley 2.4-litre four-cylinder engine. Bonhams reports that it has been described as the prettiest closed Healey, complete with a proper boot, and that it was the most numerous of the Riley-engined Healeys, with only 222 built by the time production ceased in 1954; the Association of Healey Owners records 225. The Abbott drophead coupe was its open companion.
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Source c.1950 Healey Tickford Sports Saloon Chassis no. C1951 (Bonhams)
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Source c.1950 Healey Tickford Sports Saloon Chassis no. C1951 (Bonhams)
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1. c.1950 Healey Tickford Sports Saloon Chassis no. C1951 (Bonhams)
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In 1950 the Elliott and Westland were superseded by the Tickford sports saloon
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The Tickford sports saloon has been described as
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only 222 had been built by the time production ceased in 1954
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The cars mainly used a tuned version of the proven Riley twin-cam 2.4-litre four-cylinder engine
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Donald Healey Motor Company Limited was a British car manufacturer.
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