The Silverstone's headlamps sit behind the grille specifically to leave clearance for an optional supercharger nobody was required to buy.
Lead trim: Silverstone Riley Big Four, 2,443 cc (104 hp)
Healey SilverstoneE-Type · 1949–1950
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FactThe Silverstone's headlamps sit behind the grille specifically to leave clearance for an optional supercharger nobody was required to buy.
The Healey Silverstone, hand-built at the Donald Healey Motor Company's Lower Cape works in Warwick from July 1949 to September 1950 (105 made, not counting prototypes: 51 on the original 1949 D-Type chassis, 54 on the wider, more comfortable April-1950 E-Type), was an open two-seat roadster designed by Len Hodges with cycle wings and a spare wheel protruding from the tail as a bumper, its light-alloy body built by Abbey Panel and Sheet Metal of Coventry (£150 each) on the first Healey tubular-metal (rather than timber) body structure, over a shortened ladder chassis with central cruciform bracing designed by A. C. Sampietro. Front suspension was Healey's own trailing-arm system with coil springs, lever-arm dampers and an anti-roll bar; the rear used Riley parts (torque tube, live axle, radius rods, Panhard rod, coil springs, Woodhead-Monroe telescopic dampers). Its Riley 'Big Four' twin-high-camshaft pushrod engine (80.5 x 120 mm, 2,443 cc) gained a Healey-designed manifold and two SU H4 carburettors, raising power from 90 hp to 104 hp, through a 4-speed Riley manual; a Wade Ventor supercharger was offered, with headlamps moved outside the grille to clear it. Wheelbase 102 in (2,591 mm), length 168 in (4,267 mm), width 63 in (1,600 mm), kerb weight 18.5 long cwt (2,072 lb, 940 kg).
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverstone Riley Big Four, 2,443 cc (104 hp) | 1949–1950 | 2.4 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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