<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I suppose the Healey widow driver could be forgiven? After all, the German Engine Factory has owned the Rolls Royce car division for some while and its current Deutsche Blokhaus saloon also has a GEF V12 engine. One wonders if it’s a sleeved down variant of the inverted V12 of the Messerschmitt BF109E but now rotated by 180deg?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jonmac</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 27 Dec 2025, at 12:22, DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpd334aefdyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">She's not the only one to make that mistaken assumption. Years ago UI corrected someone who thought the same.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpd334aefdsignature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:37:51 PM CST, David P <<a href="mailto:frogeye@porterscustom.com">frogeye@porterscustom.com</a>> wrote:
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<p>I had an ex-Healey racer's widow drive me to dinner yesterday.
The subject of BMW's came up..(her car). She thought that BMW
meant British Motor Works... she was crushed to learn it was
Bavarian...</p>
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