VFK44 wrote:Healey certainly owned a Corvette powered 541. I believe it was, unusually, supplied new (or new-ish) from the factory without an engine specifically for Donald to convert. It had a 2-speed gearbox, and was still around a few years ago.
You mean Francis‘ 541S, I assume. But Andy Hanovera mentions an R in 1960. Francis’ S I think was later. Francis was speculating if Healey was involved with SEA770, but that would have been early 1958, maybe even late 1957 (based on the minutes of the meeting you supplied). Likely that he got the date and model confused, but I wonder which article in Classic Car he is referring to.
re dog problem: my father in law has a stuffed baby deer, or would that be weird? (No he didn‘t shoot it, it was a mowing accident)