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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Agreed. My father had a series of them as company cars. His last one was a Wolseley Six. It was a very decent car. 2.2litre six cyl mounted sideways and, I suppose it must have been, front wheel drive. Very comfy and roomy inside. Rather a forgotten rarity these days. Not an overwhelmingly beautiful car but it’s robust construction and decent suspension made it quite a successful rally car.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br><b>Sent:</b> 17 February 2019 01:01<br><b>To:</b> s.hutchings@rogers.com<br><b>Cc:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>G’day Stephen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>I think the 1800 (or the Land Crab as many called it) was the best of all the Issigonis derived vehicles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hoo Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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'> <a href="mailto:s.hutchings@rogers.com">s.hutchings@rogers.com</a> [<a href="mailto:s.hutchings@rogers.com">mailto:s.hutchings@rogers.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 17 February 2019 10:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br><b>Cc:</b> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE; Mark Donaldson; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I wouldn’t have called the hydrolastic machine a “gun”...it was a box on diagonal legs with two ball handled levers sticking out of it and a pressure gauge. I always thought that it looked like something from a fifties science fiction film!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I had an 1800, and I used to borrow one of these gizmos to top up a slow leak...the fluid did smell like anti freeze, but I remember being told to protect my eyes while using it.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>Stephen <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU><br>On Feb 16, 2019, at 11:37 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>G’day</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Initially the suspension of the BMC Mini was built around rubber under compression. Later when the 1100 series (Austin, Morris, MG, Riley, Wolseley and Vanden Plas badged versions) the BMC Hydrolastic suspension was introduced including into the Mini. </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Hydrolastic fluid itself was an equal mix of alcohol and distilled water plus a couple of other small additives to make it taste terrible as UK customs officials were concerned that people would drink it. That’s a true story.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>It therefore had anti-freeze properties </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>While a fluid, to service the suspension a special gun was required to pump it into the system and unless you had one it was not possible to do it yourself.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>In mid-1978 BMC or BLMC as it was known then, did away with the Hydrolastic suspension and introduced their Hydragas system.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hoo Roo</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Patrick</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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 [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>WILLIAM B LAWRENCE<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 27 January 2019 5:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mark Donaldson; <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>; 'Charles Schott'; <a href="mailto:editorgary@aol.com">editorgary@aol.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>So did the hydrolastics run on vegetable or mineral?...</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-AU><hr size=3 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Mark Donaldson <<a href="mailto:ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz">ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 6, 2019 9:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>; 'Charles Schott'; <a href="mailto:editorgary@aol.com">editorgary@aol.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar</span><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>Obviously the very model of a modern Major General. ;-)</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=xmsonormal><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'> <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a> [<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 7 January 2019 4:18 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> 'Mark Donaldson'; 'Charles Schott'; <a href="mailto:editorgary@aol.com">editorgary@aol.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=xmsonormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>A friend of mine’s dad had the MG version of the 1300. BRG….looked nice and went well. Sadly, said friend and I took it out to a pub one night and wrecked it on the way home. Actually, we were not at all drunk. It was absolutely pouring with rain and, driving down a steep lane with banks on both side, he aquaplaned it quite spectacularly. We spun round and round. Seemingly, on each revolution, a startled oncoming driver would miraculously miss us. It was 50% inexperience, 50% stupidity. The devil looks after his own! I guess we were about 18 yrs old. Dangerous age.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The dad was a Major General and could be quite fierce but he took it surprisingly well!!</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Simon</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=xmsonormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Donaldson<br><b>Sent:</b> 06 January 2019 04:39<br><b>To:</b> 'Charles Schott' <<a href="mailto:schottc@knology.net">schottc@knology.net</a>>; <a href="mailto:editorgary@aol.com">editorgary@aol.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>Charlie,</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>The Austin and Morris 1100s and 1300s were very popular compact BMC four-door saloons in the sixties and seventies.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>MG badged them too. A friend had one with twin S.U.s It was a fun car.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>They all had 'hydrolastic' suspension. You can check that out on Google.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>Thousands were assembled CKD right here in Auckland by the Dominion Motor Company.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO16">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO16</a></span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>Mark</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'>Ardmore, NZ</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=xmsonormal><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'> Charles Schott [<a href="mailto:schottc@knology.net">mailto:schottc@knology.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 6 January 2019 3:43 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:editorgary@aol.com">editorgary@aol.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys]Workshop manuals – Austin and Jaguar</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=xmsonormal> <span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Gary,</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>I'm looking for a workshop manual for my AH 100 BN1. What does the BMC 1100-1300 cover? Thanks.</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Regards,</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='color:black'>Charlie</span><span lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-AU>_______________________________________________<br>Support <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/s.hutchings@rogers.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/s.hutchings@rogers.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>