[Spridgets] Jensen Healey

[brian james]

I am still kicking around the idea of adding getting a Jensen-Healey.
I sold my XJ-S last year, and I am having withdrawals for a second
(running) LBC to keep my 20+ year Bugeye project company. It is down
to one of these, or a mini. After the dealing with the fuel injected
V-12 I figure I can keep up on the Lotus preventative maintenance. Of
course, having a second A-series to tinker with would be fun too.

On a side note, are my messages getting to the list? I have not seen
the last few I have sent.
Thanks,
Brian

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Deikis, John G<John.Deikis at va.gov> wrote:
> This has got to be the Rodney Dangerfield of LBCs. I bought one for a
> song in the 70's after they bellied-up. It had its "teething problems"
> but, once sorted, it was a fast comfortable British car. Ok, it had a
> funny snout, and it was a bit bland in side view from the A-pillar
> forward, on the other hand it had British charm in that it was built
> from a mish-mash of parts bins-Chrysler-UK this, Lotus that, a touch of
> Stromberg, a dash of SU... and a real pretty rear quarter-- much nicer
> than the similarly styled TR6. You really can't compare it with an SP250
> or some of the other peculiar styling exercises to come from "the Olde
> Sod." I'd easily pay 1500, maybe 2 bills, for a nice one today. Okay,
> maybe a tad more...
>
> ...just my 'pinion, 'course...
>
> -JohnD