G'day All
An interesting exchange of emails that I thought I would wade into.
Very few people on this list have a Healey, plenty of Austin-Healeys but
few Healeys. No one on this list has a Healey 100.
The first Healey was made in 1945 and released the following year.
Healeys stayed in production until 1954.
The Healey 100 was first produced in 1952 and as we all know became the
Austin-Healey 100 at the London Motor Racing Show at Earl's Court when
Leonard Lord made the deal with DMH. There is no such car as the
Austin-Healey 100/4 and never has been.
So we have the Austin-Healey 100 BN1 and Austin-Healey 100 BN2 (I'm
ignoring the S and the M at this moment). Perfectly clear? Perhaps, but
just to confuse it all my car is the Austin-Healey 100 BN3/1 and while
it may be fitted with a six-cylinder it is not a 100/6. That term was
brought into use in 1956 with the introduction of the BN4.
Simple really!
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
1947 Healey Duncan Saloon
1954 Austin-Healey 100 BN3/1
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Healeyguy@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2004 4:41 AM
To: copyed@sportscarmarket.com
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Austin Healey 100
Mr. Martin
While I can tolerate many things, listening to (in this case reading)
someone rewrite history always seems to get under my skin. The use of
the term 100-4 or 100/4 for the early Austin Healey, BN1 and BN2 cars is
not appropriate or correct. What is the problem with identifying the
early cars as a 100 and the first generation six cylinder cars as the
100-SIX? This is adequate distinction in moniker for the two models and
will not cause a problem for the readers of your magazine that have the
slightest idea of the difference between LBC's.
Besides if you had your Healey folklore correct you would know the
everyone in the world has owned an Austin Healey before. Ask anyone and
they will tell you that their brother, uncle, Great Aunt Myrtle, friend
in college or the guy around the corner used to own one. At the rate the
Austin Healey must have been the most bought and sold car in the world.
Not bad for 40k+/- units.
Have a nice day and....
Aloha
Perry Small
Kailua, Hawaii
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