Peter: I love your comment:"truly inpirational +++ with a rusty BN6 in the
driveway". I have early fond memories of my BN 7 and wrote the article in
this month's Healey Magazine about my 7,000 mile Healey trip through Mexico in
1963. I was concerned that the article had too much sentimentality and too
little Healey in it, but I share your dreams of the fifties and sixties. I
can still feel the Healey power and hear that unique sound and expect to
recapture the inspiration when I finish my current Healey restoration project.
bill n
> From: peter.svilans@rogers.com
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:50:11 -0400
> Subject: [Healeys] Old books and old memories
>
> Didn't mean to sound so cynical. Toronto and the GTA actually has a high
> percentage of bookstores per capita. A few years ago, I was reunited with
> some old high school friends, and we now have regular monthly bookstore
> outings. Don't yet have Scott's acute nose for sniffing out the real
> treasures, though.
>
> The late fifties and early sixties were fabulous times for sports cars. And
> for dreams and optimism for a bright new future in general.
>
> Long ago I pieced together complete runs of Road & Track, Sports Cars
> Illustrated, Sports Car Graphic and AQ among others to relive this era. I
can
> practically recite word for word the Healey BN 6 test in SCI with its
> wonderful three quarter rear view of the sleek new two-seater. And the
> "Healey's Six-Slug Slugger" article in SCG: all were truly inspirational for
a
> twenty-something kid with a rusty BN 6 wreck in the driveway.
>
> Peter
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