Thank, that was my point. Donald was about getting the most out of a car and
making it your own.
Back when I worked at Austin Healey Enterprises (Reseda, CA) back in the
70s, there was a guy customizing his son's wrecked 100-6 with tooled saddle
leather seats, horn shifter, and western paint color scheme. additionally,
it had a western scene painted on the engine side of the bonnet so you could
see it with it raised. Engine bolts were capped with brass and chrome.
Donald came by to have a car looked at for shipment back to England ( he
commented on having to buy one of his own cars). He saw the custom car and
was impressed with the craftsmanship. I never got the feeling he was
insulted by the efforts.
I do wonder where that car is though......
Ira Erbs
59 BT7
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:16 AM, <Josef.Eckert@t-systems.com> wrote:
> Most Austin-Healeys were built by BMC and the factory was in
> Longbridge/Abingdon. DMH only had some special rights to modify some with
> works guarantee. I mean the 100Ms. And place suggestions for further
> development of the Austin-Healey models. And DMH at times has got the
> rights
> from BMC to prepare the works Rally and Race cars for them.
> So DMH in Warwick was just a modifier and "Consultant" for BMC and the
> Austin-Healey cars left BMC factory.
>
> Josef Eckert
> Konigswinter/Germany
>
>
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> Im
> Auftrag von Patrick and Caroline Quinn
> Gesendet: Freitag, 7. August 2009 14:33
> An: 'Bob Johnson'; 'Alan Seigrist'
> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Donald Healey Mini
>
> G'day Bob
>
> I continue to find it amusing that most of us spend a lot of time and $$$
> trying to make our cars look the same and just like when they left the
> factory, when DMH was very much an individualist.
>
> There is a fascinating book listing ever single Jensen built. In the
> entries
> of the 541 Coupe there is just one car that wasn't fitted with the original
> 4-litre Austin straight-six. It was delivered engineless to Donald Healey
> who
> proceeded to fit it with an American V8 and automatic transmission.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
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