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Pontiac has a sweet ohc 6 at the time, wonder if anybody has ever put one of=
those in?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 24, 2015, at 4:25 PM, HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The way I heard the story was that Shelby wanted to put a Chevy motor into=
the Healey. Chevy didn't want to sell the motors (perhaps because they did=
n't want competition for the Corvette) and BMC didn't want the Healey chassi=
s to go to Shelby. I think DMH would have welcomed more power in the Healey=
. OTOH, if DMH stopped using the BMC 6 motor, it would have cost BMC some mo=
ney, so I can see why BMC wouldn't want Shelby to get the Healey chassis. C=
an't say I know "for sure", but that's the story I heard.
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>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrot=
e:
>> So, I'm reading (yet another) Shelby/Mustang story in the Jan. issue of '=
Auto Restorer' magazine, and it claims 'Donald Healey refused to sell Shelby=
rolling chassis for his new sports car (me: the Cobra) because he feared it=
would best his Austin-Healeys in competition--which, of course, it did.'
>>=20
>> I've always heard/read the DMH was OK with the idea, but BMC was not. An=
yone know for sure? I believe DMH and CS were friends.
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>> Bob
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Pontiac has a sweet ohc 6 at the time,=
wonder if anybody has ever put one of those in?<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<=
/div><div><br>On Jan 24, 2015, at 4:25 PM, HealeyRick <<a href=3D"mailto:=
healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockq=
uote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">The way I heard the story was that S=
helby wanted to put a Chevy motor into the Healey. Chevy didn't want t=
o sell the motors (perhaps because they didn't want competition for the Corv=
ette) and BMC didn't want the Healey chassis to go to Shelby. I think D=
MH would have welcomed more power in the Healey. OTOH, if DMH stopped using t=
he BMC 6 motor, it would have cost BMC some money, so I can see why BMC woul=
dn't want Shelby to get the Healey chassis. Can't say I know "for sure=
", but that's the story I heard.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Bob Spidell <span dir=3D=
"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"; target=3D"_blank">bspidell=
@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, I'm r=
eading (yet another) Shelby/Mustang story in the Jan. issue of 'Auto Restore=
r' magazine, and it claims 'Donald Healey refused to sell Shelby rolling cha=
ssis for his new sports car (me: the Cobra) because he feared it would best h=
is Austin-Healeys in competition--which, of course, it did.'<br>
<br>
I've always heard/read the DMH was OK with the idea, but BMC was not. A=
nyone know for sure? I believe DMH and CS were friends.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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