That's why all the :):):):):) Hopefully it was taken as a lighthearted
kidding. BTW, that's how the E-Type folks feel when someone asks them if that
is an Austin Healey:):):)
---- Jack Feldman <qualitas.jack@gmail.com> wrote:
> As the owner of two MGs and a BT7, I at first resented the remark. Then I
> remembered an incident when our club was following the Around the World in
> 80 Days rally. My MGC, which I was driving because it was in better shape
> than my Healey, was parked among the other members Healeys. A young man
> approached me and said my MGC was better than the Healeys. Sadly, I looked
> him in the eye and corrected him. My MGC was no match when we were trailing
> the Healeys at speed on two lane roads in the Upper Peninsula. Not only were
> we doing turnpike + speeds, but from time to time we were doing it in a
> driving rail.
>
> In spite of having whatever Austin had on the shelf foisted off on the
> Healeys, the car still came out better than the MGs. It only shows the
> arrogance of the Austin folks to try and sell the MGC as a Healey. There is
> no comparison.
>
> BTW, no one seems to notice my MGB or C, but they sure notice the Healey.
>
> Jack
>
> 60 BT7
> 69 MGC
> 72 MGBGT
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:34:50 -0500
> From: <tomfelts@windstream.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Friday Funnies
> To: mbran89793@aol.com, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>, Alan
> Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>, lyon612@verizon.net,
> tanderson@kkledlighting.com, healeys@autox.team.net
> Message-ID: <20090731203450.SHWFI.238956.root@ispmxfep15-z02>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Almost as bad as being asked if it is an MG:):):):):):)
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