[Healeys] E bay

John Harper ah at jharper.demon.co.uk
Tue Nov 10 01:07:32 MST 2009


Patrick

I am about to say something with a cheeky smile on my face.

One could say that that only the early BN1s with the spiral bevel, 4 
stud rear axle were true Austin-Healeys. After that BMC major units 
replaced the Austin. By the time that the last 3000 was manufactured the 
cars should have been badged BMC-Healey!

Regards

>
>Oh dear! Been away in the depths of Victoria for a few days and I come back to
>the biggest faux pas of them all.
>
>I just have to keep reminding you blokes that the cars you own are not "REAL
>Healeys", they are Austin-Healeys.
>
>While the Austin-Healey 100 is most certainly the purest to the original
>design it is still an Austin-Healey.
>
>Generally real Healeys were built between 1946 and 1954 and were fitted with
>Riley, Alvis or Nash engines. Plus the late 1960s/early 1970s did see a
>handful of real Healeys fitted with BMC, Coventry Climax and Repco engines.
>
>Hoo Roo
>
>Patrick Quinn
-- 
John Harper


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