[Healeys] Austin-Healey or Austin ?

[Peter Svilans]

Austin hyphen Healey was a marque in its own right.  It is always listed
separately from Austin, who were merely the manufacturers.  It was not a model
of Austin, like the Westminster, and I think the fiercely proud Healey family
would be horrified at the suggestion.

BMC paid royalties to the Healey family on every Austin-Healey sold until
1970, when the agreement made in 1952 ran out.  For 1971 the Austin-Healey
Sprite Mk IV became simply the Austin Sprite, at which point it was indeed a
'model' of Austin.  One thousand of these were made before the Sprite name was
dropped in favour of the Midget.

Best regards
Peter