[Healeys] Lucas Advertisements

[warthodson at aol.com]

Patrick,I searched many of my old magazines but could not find a Lucas Ad specifically referencing Austin-Healey.However, I did find two interesting issues of "The Autocar" of special interest.2 July 1954 has a full page advertisement on the back cover by Wilmot Breeden with a beautiful engraving of an Austin-Healey 100 parked in front of a cricket pitch. It is in black, green & yellow. I think I have sent this to you before but I can scan it again if you want it.
October 2, 1953 (The Autocar) contains 20-40 congratulatory Ads from every supplier imaginable including Austin-Healey's own self congratulatory Ad for world record smashing performance. "World's fastest production car under 3000 cc. capacity". Many are full page Ads. Lucas has a full page Ad on the back cover for their headlights, but does not mention Austin-Healey. Since many, if not most or even all, British car manufacturers used Lucas electronics they probably did not want to offend any customers.  
Gary Hodson
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From: Patrick & Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>

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