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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If it wasn’t for cars like the Austin A40 Sports there wouldn’t be an Austin-Healey in the numbers that were eventually made.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The A40 Sports were made by Jensen Motors with an all alloy body under contract to Austin in the pre-BMC period. Released in late 1950 the A40 Sports was not marketed as a sports car, but as a touring car.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Without the contacts made through the A40 Sports, Jenson Motors would not have been given the contract to build the new Austin-Healey 100.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The A40 Sports was and is quite a spirited performer and I would be very pleased to have one in my garage as they formed a very important part of the late 1940s and 1950s British automotive history.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don’t bag what you don’t know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hoo Roo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Patrick Quinn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Blue Mountains, Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>i erbs<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 21 February 2018 6:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ahealey help<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Austin Sports cars<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1D2129;background:white'>In case you ever wonder why Leonard Lord wanted the Healey 100. Take a look at Austin's 52 sports car</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=418 height=235 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D3AB10.52C3B3A0" alt="Inline image 1"> <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ira Erbs<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Portland,OR<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> _______ _______<br> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)<br> (_________________________)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> BT7 engine and disk brakes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1967 MGB <img id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg" alt=MG><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#333333'>A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>