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<DIV>I thought I read some where that Nash (later, American Motors) was giving
engines to Donald Healey, when he couldn't strike a deal with Chrysler, Ford or
GM. And then, of course, American Motors later offered a
little Metropolitan, which was sure Herald like in many aspects, and I
think it had a British engine.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/30/2008 6:05:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
standardtriumph@btinternet.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not the US Big Three but in the late 1950's there
was some 'exploration' undertaken on a joint manufacturing project with Nash
Rambler. As I recall the concept was for the Rambler to be built in the UK in
Right and Left drive variants using as much Standard-Triumph componentry as
possible. Nash wanted to use ST's European and overseas distribution because
its own was allegedly not too brilliant. Jeez, NR must have been pretty
desperate as ST's own network outside the UK wasn't outstanding. Can't recall
the detail of what Nash were going to do in the US to reciprocate, but I
*think* it was to open the whole of its US and Canadian dealer networks for
the ST sports car range - and possibly even make them under licence. The
licensing opportunity was quite sensible because Nash (in theory) had far
greater output capability than ST in the UK could ever hope to
have.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">It's only a deal if it's where <I>you</I> want to go. Find your travel deal <A title="http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047" href="http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047" target="_blank"><B>here</B></A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>