[Healeys] Start of the Japanese Auto Industry

Patrick and Caroline Quinn p_cquinn at tpg.com.au
Mon Dec 28 16:23:33 MST 2009


G'day All

If you have a few minutes to spare you might like to have a look at an
article I prepared some years back. It's at:

http://www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/austinnissan.html

Actually it was two 3000s and not 3. Whether they used them for study I am
not sure, but given the Nissan (Datsun) connection beforehand I wouldn't be
surprised.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of WILLIAM B LAWRENCE
Sent: Tuesday, 29 December 2009 8:54 AM
To: qualitas.jack at gmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Start of the Japanese Auto Industry

There is a story, possibly apocryphal, that there were three Austin Healeys
in
Japan prior to the introduction of the Datsun 240Z. All were owned by
Datsun... You can snopes it and maybe disprove it, but I still like it.
Bill Lawrence

> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:11:43 -0600
> From: qualitas.jack at gmail.com
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Start of the Japanese Auto Industry
>
> The statement "Don't forget it was the Japanese that borrowed the Brit's
> technology in the
> 60's.... and through reverse engineering ... All things are possible..."
> isn't exactly correct. Not much reverse engineering was necessary. Austin
> Motors helped the start of the Japanese industry.
>
> My very first car was and Austin A40 Somerset. I loved the car, and sold
it
> when I returned to the US. I have a couple of books about Austin, and the
> books are clear that Austin shared technology with the Japanese.
>
> Who would have thought they would be a threat.
>
> Jack


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