[Healeys] Healeys

[Michael Oritt]

I always preferred to drive my BN1 but the BN7 I bought my (now ex) wife
was a very sweet car though the steering was quite heavy.  Opinions differ
but to my mind Healeys devolved as time went on and when they went from
roadsters to convertibles that was that.

Why they ever came out with four-seaters is a mystery to me--the boots
weren't much good for storing anything but ping pong balls and the space
behind the seats was useless for anything except for storage of the baggage
that should have been in the boot in the first place!




On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Mike MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
wrote:

> A two seater 100-6 with a BJ8 engine is what they should have made. B It
> would be a nice balance in my opinion for whatever that is worth.
> Mike MacLean
> 56 BN2 with the heavy transmission.
> 60 AN5
>
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Larry Varley <
> varley at cosmos.net.au> </div><div>Date:07/06/2014  00:57  (GMT-08:00)
> </div><div>To: healeys at autox.team.net </div><div>Subject: [Healeys]
> Healeys </div><div>
> </div>I think it's time that the list had a healthy debate, and some fun. I
> would propose that the only real Austin Healey was the BN1, designed by
> Donald Healey and Gerry Coker. Everything after that was BMC, who never
> made a decent car after the 50's, just using what they had to keep
> producing the cars, that were for some part good ideas, but bad design.
> The mini was a great idea, but mix the gearbox oil with the engine? Oh
> dear. The BN2 with a extra gear in a much heavier gearbox that really
> added no extra performance, then the 100-6 with that horribly heavy
> engine and no more grunt. Why would anyone do that, and just ruin the
> balance of the car? Ok after that they added the 12 port head to it, but
> the sixes at their best are really ponderous in the steering department
> relative to the BN1, which is a nibble well balance car. I'm going so
> far as to use an alloy block in my BT7 to turn it back into a descend
> handling car and restore the weight balance. BMC basically self
> destructed, while the rest of the world moved forward, what a shame.
> Cheers
> Larry Varley
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