Patrick,
A very interresting article which enlarged my very limited knowlegde of
the early Japanese cars considerably.
Thanks.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Patrick and Caroline Quinn schreef:
> G'day All
>
> If you have a few minutes to spare you might like to have a look at an
> article I prepared some years back. It's at:
>
> http://www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/austinnissan.html
>
> Actually it was two 3000s and not 3. Whether they used them for study I am
> not sure, but given the Nissan (Datsun) connection beforehand I wouldn't be
> surprised.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of WILLIAM B LAWRENCE
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 December 2009 8:54 AM
> To: qualitas.jack@gmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Start of the Japanese Auto Industry
>
> There is a story, possibly apocryphal, that there were three Austin Healeys
> in
> Japan prior to the introduction of the Datsun 240Z. All were owned by
> Datsun... You can snopes it and maybe disprove it, but I still like it.
> Bill Lawrence
>
>
>> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:11:43 -0600
>> From: qualitas.jack@gmail.com
>> To: healeys@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Healeys] Start of the Japanese Auto Industry
>>
>> The statement "Don't forget it was the Japanese that borrowed the Brit's
>> technology in the
>> 60's.... and through reverse engineering ... All things are possible..."
>> isn't exactly correct. Not much reverse engineering was necessary. Austin
>> Motors helped the start of the Japanese industry.
>>
>> My very first car was and Austin A40 Somerset. I loved the car, and sold
>>
> it
>
>> when I returned to the US. I have a couple of books about Austin, and the
>> books are clear that Austin shared technology with the Japanese.
>>
>> Who would have thought they would be a threat.
>>
>> Jack
>>
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