Bob,
I do not want to fight. Please don`t compare William Lyons with Donald Healey.
The right counterparts at BMC were Len Lord / George Harriman.
Lord/Harriman were responsible for the Healey development decisions in the
late 50s / early 60s.
Josef Eckert
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Von: Bob [mailto:jagxk120 at gmail.com]
Gesendet: Samstag, 23. Juli 2011 20:50
An: Eckert, Josef
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] 100-Six with XK150 engine for sale
Don't fight.
Plenty of us own both cars.
Re E-types and race, William Lyons never had the intention to race E-types,
nor to try break speed records. Lyons wasn't a pilot, but Donald Healey was
one, hence the differences.
B
Le 23/07/11 18:21, Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com a icrit :
> Chris,
> Come back to earth.
> Denis Welch as a company need to survive and need to take the E-Type Racing
on board. Jeremy is on the right track here I think. Numbers of customers and
orders go down in the Healey scene. Healey people are getting too old to race
;-). More and more move to the E-Types. Their potential is much higher
(standard E-Type engine +100 horsepower compared to a Healey) and people
attracted by the E-Type are younger.
> And please don`t compare Austin-Healey race success with Jaguar`s. Jaguar
Cars played in a different, in the premier league. Jaguar cars several times
won Le Mans and other top Historical Races. A Healey never did even reach the
finisher line at Le Mans.
> There was no need for Jaguar, except their early days at Jabbecke with the
XK120, to go down to land speed record breaking.
>
> Just to mention the facts.
>
> Josef
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