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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">In the late sixties compulsory crash
tests, amongst others, were introduced all over the world which
meant that some cars with a separate chassis could not comply or
economically made to comply with the set standards. Also the old
engine design did not allow better emission values together with
sufficient power. It would have meant a complete redesign. This
led to the intended successor of the Austin Healey 3000, the
Healey designed Jensen-Healey, based on Vauxhall Viva HC/GM
underpinnings, which was seriously compromised by the hurry of
Kjell Qvale (the main importer of Austin-Healey in the USA, who
had bought Jensen in the late sixties as they were the builders of
the bodies and frames of the big Austin-Healey's) to put the car
in production.<br>
Sadly they f****d up in a big way because the Jensen Healey MKI
(1972-1973) was very underdeveloped at the introduction as the
Lotus engine showed serious short comings and the build quality
was atrocious. The much better finished MkII introduced in late
1973 dealt with most of the earlier short comings and was a good
piece of kit. By then it was however to late to restore confidence
to the public and the story ended in 1975/1976.<br>
Lighter at 970kg, than the big Healey with similar power (144HP,
which could simply be increased to around 160HP and if you went
all the way to 250+HP), it had better performance, comfort, ride,
road holding/handling and had very low emission values.<br>
The looks are a bit of an acquired taste to put it mildly, the
interior is bland, but the under bonnet looks are terrific. It was
the sole reason I bought my Jensen-Healey MkII.<br>
Kees Oudesluijs<br>
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Op 20-2-2016 om 11:33 schreef J. Armour:<br>
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<div>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?</div>
<div>Am I being politically incorrect or just stating history</div>
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<div><b>Mike wrote;</b></div>
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</b><span>Subject: </span> Re: [Healeys] get a load of this
one..<br>
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<div>Sorry. Used to the Spridgets list where we can say
anything we want.</div>
<div>Mike</div>
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