[Healeys] “New” Healey 100 rights

i erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 13 14:52:13 MDT 2022


Great looking car. Price is big

Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 12:54 PM Henry G Leach via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 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 U.S. 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 <
> healeys at autox.team.net> 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
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> 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 <
> healeys at autox.team.net> 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
>>
>> <https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/news-articles/austin-healey-powers-back-into-production/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_UK_EML_UN_UKNews_Weekly&hashed_email=9b083a3970aa1a65e353e6b224dca13315f6de88d070a377b45df8e1e8f0122b>
>> <https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/news-articles/austin-healey-powers-back-into-production/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_UK_EML_UN_UKNews_Weekly&hashed_email=9b083a3970aa1a65e353e6b224dca13315f6de88d070a377b45df8e1e8f0122b>
>> <https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/news-articles/austin-healey-powers-back-into-production/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_UK_EML_UN_UKNews_Weekly&hashed_email=9b083a3970aa1a65e353e6b224dca13315f6de88d070a377b45df8e1e8f0122b>
>> https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/news-articles/austin-healey-powers-back-into-production/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_UK_EML_UN_UKNews_Weekly&hashed_email=9b083a3970aa1a65e353e6b224dca13315f6de88d070a377b45df8e1e8f0122b
>>
>> GetOutlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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>>
>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Randall
>> Hicks via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 13, 2022 10:25:09 AM
>> *To:* Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> *Subject:* [Healeys] “New” Healey 100
>>
>>
>> Well…this is interesting!!  😅
>>
>>
>> <https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/healey-caton-new-old-ps474k-british-classic>
>> <https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/healey-caton-new-old-ps474k-british-classic>
>> <https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/healey-caton-new-old-ps474k-british-classic>
>> https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/healey-caton-new-old-ps474k-british-classic
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
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