[Healeys] Patrick Quinn

[Mark and Kathy]

OK old chap.   I've been reading your helpful  additions to the List for 
years and understand most of what you say in the Ausie language.   But for 
the life of me I can not figure the   "Hoo  Roo"   out.

Is there an English equivalent to that phrase?


Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Quinn, Patrick" <Patrick.Quinn at det.nsw.edu.au>
To: <sebring at illawarra.hotkey.net.au>; "Tadeusz Malkiewicz" 
<tadeusz.malkiewicz at plusnet.pl>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] New member with AH100-4 BN2..


> G'day Tadek
>
> Greetings from Sydney, Australia and welcome.
>
> While we laud the capacity of the Jensen Brothers to assemble the
> Austin-Healey we sometimes forget how disappointed Volvo was with the
> British company during the assembly of the early P1800. So disappointed
> with the finish quality that Volvo cancelled the contract and continued
> construction in Sweden.
>
> It has always made me think that perhaps BMC quality control was of a
> lower standard than Volvo.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick