It's just the same old Brit-car garbage from people who don't know any
better. Most of these people will tell you with a straight face that a
Japanese car can't be a classic simply because it is Japanese.
I just smile and think about the fact the the Z car single-handedly ran the
British sportscars out of the US market. They just couldn't compete.
Healeys are nice cars, but very expensive these days.
Leigh Brooks
> From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
> Reply-To: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 11:00:34 -0700
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Healys and Datsuns
>
> Hi,
>
> What is a Healy compared to a Datsun roadster? I can't find much info about
> it.
>
> Yesterday my wife Annie says she got vocal with this co-worker, after
> talking about our roadsters. He says he has a Healy sportscar, so he knows
> sportscars and he knows for a fact that "That Japanese crap can't go over
> 100 mph!". It didn't matter what Annie said, mentioning that she has ridden
> with me several times when we went well over 100. Also why would Datsun put
> 140 and 160 speedos in their cars if they could only do 90. It didn't
> matter what she said to this jerk.
>
> I'm going to challenge this guy to take a ride in my '66, and then we'll
> see what he says. I'd like to know why he likes Healys, so anyone got any
> stats?
>
> TIA - Fred
>
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