[Healeys] HCrumpet Catchers

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Mon Oct 5 11:26:05 MDT 2009


Isn't there a George Thoroughgood song that refers to a cutie with "a body like an Austin-Healey chassis?" 


bs 

-------------------------------- 
Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 


:) 

My other cars are Spridgets. One guy on the spridgets list says he tells 
people that it is a reverse compensation thing that makes him drive such a 
small car. I forget his exact words; he said it better than that. 

I like the Jag, though I refer to it as a "penis on wheels"; but I much prefer 
the feminine body of the Healey. ( Hips and headlights ) 



> From: 1968xke at gmail.com 
> 
> Interesting conversation here. My 2 cents: Being the proud (and sometimes 
> frustrated) owner of both cars - a lovely '66 BJ8 (H Blue/OEW) and a killer 
> Euro-spec (covered headlight, triple SU) '68 E-type OTS (red/tan of 
course), 
> I can state with 100% certainty that neither car is the crumpet catcher 
that 
> they used to be. Perhaps this happens to have something to do with the 
> fellow behind the wheel. But, of the two cars, the Healey attracts more 
fond 
> attention from ladies than the Jag. Older guys (like me) love the Jag and 
> will drool when they get too close, women just stare and quietly think, in 
a 
> most Freudian way, what kind of personal inadequacies the owner must have 
to 
> drive a 14 foot penis on California public highways. :>) 
> Yours truly, 
> Randy Harris 


More information about the Healeys mailing list