[Healeys] get a load of this one..

[Bob Haskell]

I was going to ask if anyone had read the book "British Leyland Motor 
Corporation 1968-2005: The Story from Inside".  But I would guess that 
the decision to stop production of the big Healey took place before the 
time period of that book.

Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 Mk I registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php

On 02/21/2016 04:15 PM, HealeyRick wrote:
> Just got a chance to read the link you posted, Chris.  Very interesting,
> thanks for posting.  And you're correct, the handwriting was already on
> the wall under BMC, not BL.
>
> Happy Healeying,
> Rick Neville
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com
> <mailto:austin.healey at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I think it's a bit more complicated.
>     Austin and Morris internal rivalries eventually killed the BMC C
>     series engine. The C series should have continued development along
>     the Healey Westlake Rally path, alloy head etc (the path Datsun went
>     down with the Z cars and sedan engines) Instead, BMC committed to
>     the financial disaster that was the MGC 3 litre, and then distracted
>     itself with the 4 litre RR engine.
>     See
>     http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/mg-cars/mgb/engines-c-series/
>     for a great overview.
>     So the engine strategy was going down the toilet....
>     Meanwhile, Ralph Nader destroyed the body / chassis designs &
>     aesthetics and effectively threatened sales into the largest single
>     export market without a huge redesign.
>     I think by the time the British Leyland Merger  came along, Austin
>     was just all too hard....
>     Best
>     Chris
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     On 21 Feb 2016, at 12:25 PM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com
>     <mailto:healeyrik at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>     Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was nasty old BL that killed the
>>     Healey rather than the safety and emission requirements.  From
>>     what I've read, the Healey 4000 would have met the US requirements
>>     for 1968 (http://www.ewilkins.com/wilko/ah4000.htm) but it was the
>>     decision to badge engineer the MGC in favor of a new Healey that
>>     was the death knell.  MGBs managed to soldier on for several years
>>     after 1967 with the same chrome bumpers.  That's not to say the
>>     Healey that we know and love could've soldiered on forever in
>>     light of more stringent US standards, just that I don't think they
>>     were the immediate cause of death.
>>
>>     Happy Healeying,
>>     Rick Neville
>>
>>     On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 1:43 AM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:eyera3000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         US smog and bumper height regulations.
>>
>>         Mr. Ira Erbs
>>         Portland,OR
>>
>>         On Feb 20, 2016 2:35 AM, "J. Armour" <sebring3000 at bigpond.com
>>         <mailto:sebring3000 at bigpond.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Can someone remind me why Healeys were not able to be sold
>>             in the USA? Did this issue of 'safety regulation' (
>>             obviously for our own good so we were not all killed ) not
>>             start out in California?
>>             Am I being politically incorrect or just stating history
>>             Joe
>>
>
>
>
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