[Healeys] Start of the Japanese Auto Industry

[Chris Dimmock]

Don't know about the S500, but we had S600s and S800s here.
The s600 was literally a motorcycle drivetrain fitted to a car body.  
Literally.
Chain drive to the rear wheels (not a tail shaft) and an aircooled  
engine that revved to 8 or 9,000 rpm. And very little torque.
The S800 had a tailshaft rather than a chain drive, and I think it was  
watercooled, but don't quote me on that. They were far inferior to a  
Sprite, very Spartan and basic (and that's far more Spartan than a  
spridget!!!!)

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On 30/12/2009, at 3:34 PM, "Greg Lemon" <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> Donald (or maybe Geoffrey) said really bad things about the Honda  
> S500-800 in one of the Healey books they wrote in comparing it to  
> the Sprite, but I have also read some fairly good reviews of the  
> cars, pretty rare over here, never have seen one in the flesh let  
> alone driven one.
>
> Greg Lemon
>
> " They already knew: Honda S500-S800
> Kees Oudesluijs"
> _____________