>I read recently that it was alleged
>to have bought Austin Healey which seems a bit of a mind-stretcher
>because the AH name was abandoned in the early 70's
Late 1967, I think. Died at the same time the Big Healey was discontinued.
and absent from
>Sprites. They became Austin Sprites.
In the UK, I suppose. There were no Sprites in the USA after that. All the
cars were MG Midgets.
>Also seems the Healey family are
>more than casually interested that BMW claim they own the family name
>because that's alleged to be news to them.
So I would expect. They had an arrangement with Jensen after the BMC
association ended. Lotus used it to beta-test their new engine before
putting it into the Elite and the Esprit.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
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