Bibliograph

'Mr Big Healey', the official biography of John Chatham, Norman Burr ; foreword by Simon Taylor

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'Mr Big Healey', the official biography of John Chatham, Norman Burr ; foreword by Simon Taylor

Language

eng

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individual biography

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

'Mr Big Healey'

Responsibility statement

Norman Burr ; foreword by Simon Taylor

Sub title

the official biography of John Chatham

Summary

This is the authorised biography of one of the best-liked bad boys in British motorsport. John Chatham, driver, racer, repairer, rebuilder, tuner, trader and lover of Austin-Healeys, was, according to Geoffrey Healey, "uncontrollable" in his youth, and has only mildly mellowed with age. Burly and genial, but formidably competitive, and not above bending the rules when he thought he could get away with it, to many he is the archetypal club racer. John is so synonymous with Austin-Healeys that the most famous racing Healey in the world, DD300, is so well-known mainly because John campaigned it for decades, notching up tens of thousands of racing miles. But his career embraces far more than one car, and until this biography no-one had attempted to fill in the gaps

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Mister Big HealeyOfficial biography of John Chatham

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