On Fri, 25 Feb 1994, James Fuerstenberg wrote:
> re: Tom S question on Nash-Healeys.
>
> >From memory, I think about 400 were built in the 1951-53 timeframe.
> They have a Nash 6 cylinder engine in a Healey body(designed by Pini
> Farina or Bertone I believe). They are sort of sporty sort in an
Body either built or designed or both by Pinin Farina, at least I think
they had his crest and name on them. (Just so I don't get corrected, he
was Pinin Farina then, later hyphenated his first and last names to
become Pinin-Farina.)
> early 50s kind of way...not too different from a 53 Corvette in some
> respects.
>
I drove one when they were just used cars. I wasn't bowled over, as I
recall, and I was at an age then when anything automotively esoteric made
a big impression. Interesting period pieces, though, and attractive.
Ray Gibbons
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