> Ah, but all was not lost. Donald Healey grabbed hold of the opportunity
to
> use up those 2660cc engines, and a lot of the mechanical components and
> designed and marketed the prettiest British sportscar the 1950's ever saw,
> the Austin Healey Hundred.
That was one end of the scale - Broomwade used an industrial version as
power units for their trailer mounted portable air compressors as well!
There was one sitting in the corner of a small quarry I used to go to
sometimes, it supplied air for a small air rig for drilling blast holes.
Ian F
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