All I know is that his vacuums are consistently rated rather low by Consumer
Reports. So much for his engineering skills.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
http://www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:27 PM
To: HealeyRick
Cc: List Healey
Subject: Re: [Healeys] badly engineered?
Or if he thought the cars really sucked, which inspired him.
bs
On 4/19/2011 5:14 PM, HealeyRick wrote:
> Wonder if he tried replacing the front wheels with a giant ball? :)
>
> Rick
>
>
> Follow My Nasty Boy Build: http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
>
> --- On Tue, 4/19/11, Bert Van Brande<bertvanbrande@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: Bert Van Brande<bertvanbrande@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] badly engineered?
> To: "List Healey"<healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 7:54 PM
>
> Or was it badly maintained?
>
> Sir James Dyson: "Repairing my old Austin Healey 100/4 in 1968 was my
> first foray into engineering.
>
> My Austin Healey 100/4, which I had in 1968 when I was a student at
> the Royal College of Art. It was badly engineered and kept breaking
> down. Repairing it was my first foray into engineering."
>
> Read the whole article at:
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