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Re: [Healeys] BMC ADO16 Interest - Could BMC have saved Borgward?

To: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>, Healey <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BMC ADO16 Interest - Could BMC have saved Borgward?
From: Joe and Lenore Armour <sebring@hotkey.net.au>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:40:58 +1000
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References: <CAN+beMqzW4CbOtA+t_yJHvxQjqPkgaO0xLuZZFOyqV1N1QvC=A@mail.gmail.com> <51EC20C4.8070305@justbrits.com> <27F41A7D-EF10-4ADA-8CC8-1CE08FC334F8@me.com> <CAFBXTk+imTXqkNZgeYpbxa-Mr=ScJUbiE51uGwYBKpj-oZ7NJA@mail.gmail.com>
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Alan Seigrist wrote:

> I can say many british in the day liked the cars, as one of their 
> export market was the UK.  In the day these cars were built extremely 
> well, were decently finished, and handled very well, a poor man's 
> mercedes if you will.
>
> Many british guys I know in their 60s and 70s seem to have a soft spot 
> for this marque...




Back in the early 60s in country NSW Australia a local family had a BMC 
dealership.  In the mid 60s the youngest son would often give me a ride 
home from school in his Borgward .  I was not aware of any other 
industry connection.

ADO 16 was the drawing office code that covered the work on all Morris / 
MG 1100s as they were known in Australia.

The second pic is of a Austin 1800 ( Australia ) and the ADO code was 
ADO17, the Austin, Morris, Wolsley 1800   known as 'the landcrab'
Joe
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