Yeah the modern stuff may be nice and go fast and are comfortable and don't
smell and aren't hot as blazes and don't leave drops all over the road but
how many people yell out at you with compliments when you are driving your
Healey as opposed to when you are driving your rice burner or Detroit
iron???
No one has ever yelled at me saying "hey that is a nice Olds - my (uncle,
friend, brother in law, friends brothers best friends uncle) had one and is
sorry he sold it."
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:48 PM
Subject: Compare a Healey it's contemporary
> We all love our Healey's or we would not own them. But do we really
> appreciate them? We drive cars today that all out perform and out handle
> our Healeys. I don't care what we are driving, from the lowest Korean
> import to the exotics, or the luxury models, they probably all blow the
> doors off our beloved beasts. I realized the other day when I was driving
> my recently restored 1950 Dodge Coronet 4 door sedan what driving a
> Healey, in it's day, must have felt like. The cars of the 1950's and 60's
> mostly could not compare to a Healey in performance or handling. The ride
> of the Dodge is more comfortable but certainly much more boring. For any
> of you who can get the opportunity to drive a family sedan of the 50's or
> 60's it would most certainly give you better understanding of how truly
> wonderful our beautiful Austin Healey's really are.
> Len B
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