<div dir='auto'>Hate to be cynical about it, but weren't the factory M cars just a marketing strategy to gin up the slow sales after the next big thing was announced? ( 6 cylinder cars)<div dir="auto">Mike MacLean</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 22, 2019 11:53 AM, Ken Fleming via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Perry, I am certainly not the knowledge base on the subject and their are others that have deeper knowledge. <div>In fact the earlier converted cars were actually in less numbers and served as the basis for the production 100M. DMH saw an opportunity to market the performance mods especially to the US market. Though the number of kits sold has been debated, the number of 519 I believe has been shared over the years starting with Geoff Healey who quoted 1159 M were produced of which the 640 is included, but no documentation exists to confirm.</div><div>If that is case, then there are less converted pre production M then factory though the factory M were a result of the converted ones.</div><div>I have a Aug 54 100 that was converted in period.</div><div>Good discussion on the subject and I am open to more information on the subject from the list.</div><div>Ken</div><div><br /><br /><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br />On Jul 22, 2019, at 2:39 PM, Perry Small <<a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com">healeyguy@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br /><br /></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr">Curious. Why did it take from 1953 to 1955 to build a real 100m if the parts were readily available? Maybe I’m overlooking an obvious reason. <div>Thanks</div><div>P <br /><br /><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br />On Jul 22, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Ken Fleming via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br /><br /></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">David, just confirmed that in late 53 Donald Healey Motor Co begin offering kit P280 to BMC dealers. I would assume West Coast likely were on the front end of that offering</div><div dir="ltr">So yes late 53.</div><div dir="ltr">Ken<br /><br /><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br />On Jul 22, 2019, at 1:31 PM, David P <<a href="mailto:frogeye@porterscustom.com">frogeye@porterscustom.com</a>> wrote:<br /><br /></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr">
<p>I don't think that is correct. Maybe very late '55- makes more
sense with them knowing that the end of the 4cyl was coming..<br />
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<div>When where the first Ms or kits available to West Coast
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