>From: "Mike Barron" <jmikebarron@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Mike Barron" <jmikebarron@hotmail.com>
>To: lbcholt@one.net, healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Big Healey vs. Triumph TR6
>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:58:03 GMT
>
>Well, I have never owned a Big Healey, but I went through a period where I
>tried to own one, and finally ended up with a nice 73 TR6. You are
>absolutely right, the Healeys are at least $10,000 more, as they are fewer
>in number and have a big "drool factor" when burbling through the field at
>the car show. Much more than a TR6, although the sweet sound of the TR6
>engine is nothing to turn up your nose at.
>
>IMHO, if it is your intent to drive the car, and not display it, I'd go for
>the TR6. Because the Healey has a solid rear axle, my comparisions
>revealed
>that the TR6 was a more comfortable long distance car, even though space
>was
>less in the interior. We drive ours on vacations, 800 miles on our last
>one. Further, the Healey has a lot less ground clearance, and tends to
>drag
>off mufflers if the driver is not careful. Also, it appeared to me that
>the
>Healey would be much harder to work on, with the small opening for access
>to
>the engine.
>
>But still, at the shows, I find myself standing along side the Healeys,
>drooling along with everybody else. I'd stand along the Jags and do the
>same thing, but they have guards that prevent this sort of behavior......
>
>Mike Barron
>73 six
>60 three
>
>
> >From: Bill Holt <lbcholt@one.net>
> >Reply-To: Bill Holt <lbcholt@one.net>
> >To: healeys@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Big Healey vs. Triumph TR6
> >Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:28:04 -0400
> >
> >My brother is a fan of LBC's. He used to own an MGB (which I now own)
>and
> >an MGA (which my other brother now owns).
> >
> >He is interested in buying a Big Healey (as am I) or a TR6. He has seen
>a
> >couple of very nice, very low mileage (less than 50,000 miles) 1974 TR6's
> >in the $10,000 to $12,000 price range here in the Cincinnati area.
>Neither
> >of us have ever driven a big Healey and he just recently test drove a TR6
> >for the first time.
> >
> >Are there any listers who can OBJECTIVELY compare and contrast the pros
>and
> >cons of the two cars, the TR6 and the big Healeys, particularly the
>3000's,
> >BJ7's and BJ8's? It is apparent that a very nice TR6 can be had for far
> >less money than a similar big Healey, maybe up to $10,000 less. They
>both
> >are 6 cylinder cars, both are head-turners (although I think the A-H is
> >even more so), etc. I'm wondering what it is about big Healeys that
>makes
> >them cost so much more than a TR6.
> >
> >Thanks for your input,
> >
> >Bill Holt
>
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