That's easy -
Flared Fenders (no thanks), painted grill surround (barf), ugly
interior (no sebring has this right), putting vent windows with a car
that has a flat windscreen (vomit!), and strangely enough using MG
Midget vent windows that are shorter than the windscreen (projectile
vomit!!).
I know Sebrings are fast... but at the end of the day these little
changes in the Sebring kit took all the elegance and fine touch out of
Gerry Coker's design. That's why I never wanted a Sebring!
I guess that's the reason I still like the original '60's Porsche 911
(and 912) styling before they flared all the fenders and put monster
wings on the car in the 70's and 80's... it was very elegant in the
lines as originally designed!
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 3/20/06, davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
> Eeeesh, what a mongrel. How could it have SO many similarities, -yet manage
> to lose ALL of the proportion and grace?
> Dave J.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Johnson
> To: Healey List
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 6:18 PM
> Subject: Austin Healey 5000
>
>
> Almost everyone has been curious about the new Healey. Ebay has the answer
> to
> everything item 4623299773 is an Austion Healey 5000. V8, not 6 cyl.
>
> And I didn't know when I would get to see one:^)
>
> Bob Johnson
> BJ8
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