HFI, did collect deposits on the new car based on drawings that where
released. IMHO, the car shown at that time was a yawn, and not in the sprirt
of our beloved stylish rides....
Ira Erbs
1960 BT7 owned 36 years
also owned:
67 Sunmbean IMP (with race engine)
59 MGA coupe,
TR6 year unknown, not really owned, just driven fro 6 months while dating
the owner...
65 MGB
59 100-6
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Charlie <charliefci@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Copied this off Wikipedia;
>
> "Successors
> The name Austin is now owned by Nanjing who bought the assets of MG Rover
> Group (British Leyland's successor company) out of bankruptcy in 2005.
> After
> Donald Healey sold his original business, Donald Healey Motor Company, the
> Healey brand was registered to a new firm, Healey Automobile Consultants,
> which the Healey family sold to HFI Automotive in 2005.
> In June 2007, Nanjing and Healey Automobile Consultants / HFI Automotive
> signed a collaborative agreement that aims to recreate the Austin Healey
> and
> Healey marquees alongside NAC's MG. No timeline has been given as to when
> the
> Healey and Austin-Healey brands will return, although MG will be back on
> the
> market in China and the UK by the year's end."
>
> Charlie
> BJ7 Modified
>
>
>
> Noting the comments about Hummer, etc.
>
> Has anybody heard word one about the disappearance of the Healey name as a
> brand? When it was last seen, it was reported in the possession of a Swiss
> gearhead b having been purchased from the Healey grandchildren b along
> with
> all of the files from the erstwhile Healey Museum in Virginia. At that
> time,
> promises were made that the name would reappear on a Healey sports car, and
> the files and collection would reappear as a museum at the Swiss
> headquarters of the reborn Healey Automobile Company.
>
> Anybody? Anything?
>
> Gary
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I Erbs
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