[Healeys] So. African Healey Replica

[HealeyRick]

Jackson.

I really have no idea who owns the "Austin-Healey" name anymore.  I thought it
had been sold by the family to HFI Automotive, but I haven't read anything
about them  in quite a while.  It seems terrible to say this, but I wonder if
there's any real commercial value to the name anymore.  It's been 45 yrs since
the last big Healey rolled off the line and I don't see a lot of brand
recognition when  someone younger asks what my car is.  When I tell them, they
say, "Oh yeah, the James Bond car.'  If someone announced today the Stutz
Bearcat was being reintroduced in 2013, would we care?  I've got a feeling
there's no one out there to pay a pack of angry lawyers to send out
threatening letters every time someone uses the Austin-Healey name. Just my
opinion and someone may have a lot more info than I have.

Rick


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--- On Thu, 7/12/12, Jackson Krall <jackson_krall at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Jackson Krall <jackson_krall at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] So. African Healey Replica
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 2:10 PM

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On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 1:51 PM EDT Jackson Krall wrote:

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>Something odd about this. The use of the Healey and Austin Healey
>names has been closely guarded in the past. We usually see a press release
before a car like this hits the market. In the past, other Austin Healey
knockoffs have used newly contrived names like Saxon, etc. Are these people
sanctioned to use these names?
>Best
>JK