By that definition the last real Healey was the Healey 100 prototype which was
miraculously converted to an Austin Healey overnight at the 1952 Earls Court
auto show.
Bill Lawrence
> From: p_cquinn@tpg.com.au
> To: healeyrik@gmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 22:51:20 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Healeys
>
> G'day
>
> Actually the first "real" Healey was built in late 1945 while the last
> "real" Healey was built in 1954. You blokes are referring to Austin-Healeys
> not Healeys.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> HealeyRick
> Sent: Sunday, 6 July 2014 10:47 PM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Fwd: Healeys
>
> Larry,
>
> You'd have to include the Frogeye Sprite as well. Designed by Donald and
> Gerry it was totally original. And Donald often said it was his favorite
> Healey. Unless you don't consider the Sprite a "real" Healey. In that
> case, we can have a whole other debate,
>
> Cheers,
> Rick
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Larry Varley <varley@cosmos.net.au> wrote:
>
> > I think it's time that the list had a healthy debate, and some fun. I
> > would propose that the only real Austin Healey was the BN1, designed
> > by Donald Healey and Gerry Coker. Everything after that was BMC, who
> > never made a decent car after the 50's, just using what they had to
> > keep producing the cars, that were for some part good ideas, but bad
> > design. The mini was a great idea, but mix the gearbox oil with the
> engine? Oh dear.
> > The BN2 with a extra gear in a much heavier gearbox that really added
> > no extra performance, then the 100-6 with that horribly heavy engine
> > and no more grunt. Why would anyone do that, and just ruin the balance of
> the car?
> > Ok after that they added the 12 port head to it, but the sixes at
> > their best are really ponderous in the steering department relative to
> > the BN1, which is a nibble well balance car. I'm going so far as to
> > use an alloy block in my BT7 to turn it back into a descend handling
> > car and restore the weight balance. BMC basically self destructed,
> > while the rest of the world moved forward, what a shame.
> > Cheers
> > Larry Varley
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