A friend's grandson is named Jensen Healey. (The father has had at least
one British car (Triumph--big mistake!) but as far as I know never an
Austin-Healey.) We were waiting for him to name his second boy "Austin,"
but he didn't....
Sarah Carr
BN1 in PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jody Kerr" <jodyfkerr@gmail.com>
To: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas.jack@gmail.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey Names
> My son's name is Jensen.
>
> When my wife asked me for boy baby names she got the list: "Jensen,
> Austin, Healey, Studebaker". I threw Studebaker in for the pure
> ridiculousness of it.
>
> For girl names it was "Mercedes, Portia, Eleanor." (for the three car
> guys in the world that may not know, Eleanor was the name of the
> Mustang in Gone in 60 seconds, 1973 in the original, 1967 in the
> remake)
>
> She mocked me until we went through all the J names in the baby book
> (family tradition is first boy has a J name) and we crossed them all
> off going "I knew a guy with that name and he was a
> (moron|w@nker|idiot|loser|etc)" or "Too old testament/Amish farmer".
> The only name left was Jensen. So, I won!
>
> The problem now is she was left with two baby names that she loves,
> Eleanor and Desmond. So it looks like I shall have to start shopping
> for a bigger house. :)
>
> Jody
>
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Jack Feldman <qualitas.jack@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Oops, sorry. I haven't looked at it for a while.
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Mell & Mike Ward
> <russward@lineone.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Jack
>>>
>>> He is a rugby player over here
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:
>>> healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
>>> On Behalf Of Jack Feldman
>>> Sent: 02 August 2010 1:50 PM
>>> To: healeys@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: [Healeys] Healey Names
>>>
>>> I have a "football" card from a player named Austin Healey. Wonder how
> that
>>> came about.
>>>
>>> The host of the national MGC registry some years ago claimed his two
>>> sons
>>> were named Austin and Jensen.
>>>
>>> Jack
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