[Healeys] Patrick Quinn

Mark and Kathy mgtrcars at galaxyinternet.net
Thu Dec 20 03:53:00 MST 2007


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


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