[Healeys] island travel

[HealeyRick]

Found this cool site of Healeys in Rodesia (now Zimbabwe)
http://www.classiccarsinrhodesia.co.za/Makes/Austin%20Healey.html including
some Ms and an S:
http://www.classiccarsinrhodesia.co.za/Makes/Austin%20Healey.html

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:51 AM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

> I have one car in the BJ8 Registry that was shipped from the factory to
> Ethiopia, one to Zimbabwe, and one to the Bahamas, as well as the one to
> New Guinea that Patrick mentions.
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> The one to Ethiopia later ended up in Texas.
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> Steve Byers
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> HBJ8L/36666
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> BJ8 Registry
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> AHCA Delegate at Large
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> Havelock, NC USA
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Patrick
> & Caroline Quinn
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2015 7:08 PM
> *To:* 'I Erbs'
> *Cc:* Healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] island travel
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> G’day
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> It would be interesting to find out the non-mainstream places where
> Austin-Healeys were originally sold.
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> I know of two 3000 Mk1s that were sold new in Fiji and Tahiti and a BJ7
> and a BJ8 that were sold new in New Guinea. Then there was the 100M that
> went to Morocco and someone in Madagascar who took delivery of a new 100S.
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> I have often pondered on the number of cars that were sent to India. I
> know of two Warwick built Healeys that are there.
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> At some stage there must have been quite a few in the Bahamas as you just
> have to look at the history of the Speed Weeks racing meetings as there
> were races specifically for Austin-Healeys and the man and his wife behind
> the races (Sir Sydney and Lady Greta Oakes) both had Austin-Healeys. DMH
> used to stay with them during the event.
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Blue Mountains, Australia
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