Back in the day I thought, from the magazine ads, that the Jamaican was the
best looking body conversion around when, son of a gun if the guy who designed
it didn't move to town. Chris Beebe came to Madison WI about 1970 and took over
an ongoing business called Sports Car Specialists on Regent St. Chris ran a top
notch operation that was a huge improvement over the previous propriators whose
shoddy work inspired me to start doing my own repairs on my BJ8. Chris wore a
white lab coat and never got dirty as all the work was being done by his staff
of mechanics working under his guidance and direction. It was his brother who
repaired my shock mount after it let go and put me into a snowbank. When I left
for the east coast at the end of 1971 I gave them a 100 cylinder head... wish I
had it now. I understand he closed the shop and got a govt contract to build
electric cars.
Best
JK
--- On Sun, 5/10/09, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com> wrote:
> From: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey Jamacain
> To: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>, healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 8:53 PM
> I don't have much use for kit cars, but this one seems
> extremely well done.
> Bill Lawrence
> http://www.specialtysales.com/1959-austin-healey-100-6-jamaican-c-1999.htm
> >
> > (The Other) Len
> > Vacaville, CA, USA
> > 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
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