O.K., good point. The Mk IIs and Mk IIIs, which are the ones BMC calls
convertibles, do have rudimentary rear seats.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
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> Steve Byers wrote:
>
> > All that may be true. But why, then, does my BMC Workshop Manual show
a
> > picture of a Healey 3000, with the caption "Austin-Healey '3000' Mk. II
and
> > III Sports Convertible..." The 3000 was never designed or built with
a
> > fixed roof.
>
> I am not as familiar with the big Healey's as I am with the Sprites, but
> doesn't the 3000 series have a back seat? Roadsters by definition have
only
> two seats, no back seat at all. They sort of half way fit into the
definition
> of a roadster, so I guess they chose to call it a convertible....
>
> Steve.
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