[Healeys] “New” Healey 100 rights
gradea1 at charter.net
gradea1 at charter.net
Wed Apr 13 13:53:32 MDT 2022
Here is what I was able to discover about the AH namesake (from 2007):
Nanjing Automobile Company, which bought the remnants of MG and in
May resumed production of the MG TF in Longbridge, England, has signed
a deal to use the Austin-Healey name. NAC's deal is with HFI
Automotive, a U.S. company that bought Healey Automobile Consultants
in January 2006 with its own plans to revive the marque.
In February 2006, HFI said it would build a series of coupe and
convertible sports cars with the "DNA of the 3000," plus a replacement
for the Healey-Sprite.
So, will NAC revive the Bugeye? So far, NAC isn't saying what it
plans to do with the A-H name. The revived TF it's assembling in
England is simply the aged "hairdresser's car" that Rover built there
for years, and NAC's plans to assemble more sports cars for the US.
market in Oklahoma have been on hold for months. But its purchase of
the Healey naming rights from overly ambitious HFI proves that, these
days, if you want to get a nascent automaker off the ground, plan to
deal with one of China's many upstart companies.
Current owner of the Caton is in UK, but has a division in the US:
US OPERATIONS
ENVISAGE GROUP DEVELOPMENTS INC.
Inc. 41332 Christy St. Fremont, CA 94538, USA
+1 510 996 5065
My understanding was that Nanjing "Owned" the AUSTIN name but NOT the
Austin-Healey Marque. Here is their concept car entitled "Healey".
Hank
-----------------------------------------From: gradea1 at charter.net
To: "Steven Kingsbury"
Cc: "Bob Spidell", "healeys at autox.team.net"
Sent: Wednesday April 13 2022 12:15:10PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] “New” Healey 100
I do not believe that they (Caton) can legally use the Austin-Healey
winged badge on the car, It was the sole owner ship of Healey
Consultants and when Margot passed the "family" tried to negotiate
with the Chinese company NaingJung, but the deal fell thru. Did Caton
get the rights to the name?Hank
----------------------------------------- From: "Steven Kingsbury"
To: gradea1 at charter.net
Cc: "Bob Spidell", "healeys at autox.team.net"
Sent: Wednesday April 13 2022 12:01:05PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] “New” Healey 100
And to ad to the conversation, why didn't they turn the wheel over?
One up in the center would have been more in keeping with the original
orientation of the original steering wheel. It seems the three
"spokes' are set 120 degrees apart.
Oh well.
To each his own, but not for me.
Steven Kingsbury
BN1
On Apr 13, 2022, at 11:42 AM, Henry G Leach via Healeys wrote:
Half a million bucks and we are going to hide the grille-looks like
a sad 100 rather than a smiling one. Nothing uglier than black wire
wheels to accent the '50s style. This guy Caton must be using some old
taxi engines bored out to 3L. Not how I want to remember 100s. Donald
and Geoff would turn over in their graves if they saw this upgrade of
their original design..gosh they hated XC-52 (the fireball so
much-this would be the capper) Hank
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From: "Bob Spidell"
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday April 13 2022 8:57:13AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] “New” Healey 100
That's gotta be 4-5 degrees of negative camber; how would that affect
handling? Seems like it would make a 100 pretty squirrelly.
On 4/13/2022 2:45 AM, Alan Seigrist via Healeys wrote:
Agreed. It is a nicely completed modification, but really for that
amount of dosh there are many other cars I'd rather get.
Cheers,
Alan
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 5:37 PM andy pole via Healeys wrote:
What a load of rubbish £400k for an engine overhaul from Jme,
later brakes, suspension and a teenager let’s delete the door
handles!
I can do it for £350k if anyone is that stupid! 😂
Also read it this morning in a Hagerty link
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FROM: Healeys on behalf of Randall Hicks via Healeys
SENT: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 10:25:09 AM
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Well…this is interesting!! 😅
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