[Healeys] Shelby

[HealeyRick]

The way I heard the story was that Shelby wanted to put a Chevy motor into
the Healey.  Chevy didn't want to sell the motors (perhaps because they
didn't want competition for the Corvette) and BMC didn't want the Healey
chassis to go to Shelby.  I think DMH would have welcomed more power in the
Healey. OTOH, if DMH stopped using the BMC 6 motor, it would have cost BMC
some money, so I can see why BMC wouldn't want Shelby to get the Healey
chassis.  Can't say I know "for sure", but that's the story I heard.

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> So, I'm reading (yet another) Shelby/Mustang story in the Jan. issue of
> 'Auto Restorer' magazine, and it claims 'Donald Healey refused to sell
> Shelby rolling chassis for his new sports car (me: the Cobra) because he
> feared it would best his Austin-Healeys in competition--which, of course,
> it did.'
>
> I've always heard/read the DMH was OK with the idea, but BMC was not.
> Anyone know for sure?  I believe DMH and CS were friends.
>
> Bob
>
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