<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">And I still have a question to which no one seems to have a definitive answer: Why (not when) did "Austin-Healey"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">become "Austin Healey"? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I've heard various theories including the one where the supplier made a mistake and the factory took them at a discount and changed the company name but that really makes little sense.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Does anyone <i>really</i> know the reason?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 3:11 PM John Harper <<a href="mailto:ah100register@gmail.com">ah100register@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ken<div><br></div><div>Just a small point. There was not an issue of old stock because cars like the A70 Hereford and the A40 Somerset used them until they were phased out some time later.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 16:28, Ken Fleming via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Very nice car. Appears to have good bones ! Great car to drive or restore.<div>My car 160595 ,8/54 build also has Austin of England badge . Not sure where the change of badge occurred but believe it was end of August . Also rear pods were added to BN1 about same time.Mine was late Aug and has pods and early badge. I’m certain during the change point they were using all of old stock before installing new badge. <br>Ken<br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 27, 2020, at 11:13 AM, Michael Oritt <<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Eric--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">My car is #222333 built 12/54 and also has an "Austin of England" badge on the boot.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:04 AM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Wow, very nice car. If that is indeed the original material on the
seats it's amazing that it's held up so well.<br>
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<div>Hi gents,</div>
<div>perhaps of interst for some of you - Carmine red survivor,
built january 1955 BN1, 16883 original miles.</div>
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<div>Some nice pictures can be found on: <a href="https://carrosso.nl/home-oud/for-sale/austin-healey-100-bn1-carmin-red.html" target="_blank">https://carrosso.nl/home-oud/for-sale/austin-healey-100-bn1-carmin-red.html</a></div>
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<div>Wears also "Austin of England" on the trunk lid</div>
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<div>Cheers <br>
Eric</div>
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