<div dir="ltr">I still think the 4000 would have been a helluva car</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ira Erbs<div>Portland,OR</div><div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> _______ _______</span><br style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)</span><br style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> (_________________________)</span></div><div> BT7 engine and disk brakes</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 6:27 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com" target="_blank">warthodson@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">
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<div>Also, the evolution of the Austin-Healey we all know & love had good long run but was nearing the end of its popularity. A major redesign would have been necessary. Because it is rarely successful, I am glad they didn't really try. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">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 (<a href="http://www.ewilkins.com/wilko/ah4000.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ewilkins.com/wilko/ah4000.htm</a>) 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.
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