With all due respect to All of the opinions I for one think that it is
time to put it to rest.
Enough has been said.
Please move on or take it off line.
Thanks
Ron
On Thursday, August 19, 2010, <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 8/19/10 7:03:46 PM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
>> At no time did I use this response to sell our product.I used our product
>> as
>> an example that the original failures of the chassis can be fully
>> corrected.
>> My thorough knowledge of the car has allowed me to correct the these
>> failures,and build a safer, better quality, car.
>>
>> Also, I am familiar with the replacement chassis and the chassis repairs
>> that
>> replicate the original chassis, however, these "solutions" do not fix the
>> original
>> structural failures because they use the same design
>>
>
> Too bad that Martin is continuing to pursue this thread of elaborating on
> why he believes that he has created a superior product to anything Donald
> Healey ever built, and therefore as soon as a Healey-designed chassis fails,
it
> should therefore be replaced by the intrinsically superior Jule Product.
>
> Let me stipulate right here, that the Jule chassis may very well be a
> better chassis that the one which came on the Healeys, in terms of its
structural
> rigidity, metallic properties, and design.
>
> I would also stipulate that any Nissan five-speed transmission is
> inherently better than the original four-speed plus overdrive transmission
with which
> our Healeys were originally equipped.
>
> Would I therefore conclude that as soon as my Healey transmission shows
> signs of failure I should yank it out and replace it with a Nissan
> transmission?
>
> No. If I wanted to drive a Miata for weekend fun, I'd buy a Miata. I choose
> to drive a restored Austin-Healey 3000 in order to experience what that
> felt like when they were new. Is it as safe as a Miata? Huh-uh. But I'll
deal
> with the trade-off.
>
> Other opinions certainly vary on how far to improve a Healey when restoring
> it. I respect that -- it's your money, and your life, and you can do with
> it in whatever way makes you happy. But that still doesn't justify using
this
> forum to argue that a good repair, or an original spec replacement frame,
> are inherently less desirable than the product that is being promoted here.
>
> This list is not a place where vendors should be pushing the qualities of
> their products -- That's what paid advertising is for, and booths at Healey
> meets, and word-of-mouth, and the other means of advertising.
>
> I do apologize to anyone who is offended by an argument in this venue, but
> I believe the principle is important, and this forum should be defended.
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