G'day
I have had the pleasure of driving a few 541s over the years. The 541 is my
favourite coupe of the 1950s and the 4-litre Austin engine seems
appropriate.
The 541 doesn't accelerate all that quickly, but will cruise at 100mph when
it eventually gets there. I would be more than happy to add a 541 to my
garage. But will say that a BMW engine would make it interesting.
Good to hear that Richard is working hard at keeping you US Jensenites in
check. He is certainly enthusiastic and knows his stuff. Plus like most
Australians is fully aware of the perils of drop bears.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Jody Kerr [mailto:jodyfkerr@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, 26 September 2010 8:08 PM
To: Oudesluys; Art DeKneef; healeys
Cc: Patrick and Caroline Quinn
Subject: Re: [Healeys] A serious YELLOW Healey <G> !!
ooohh! A 541! Now there's a beast worth owning!
Richard is very busy keeping the yank jensenites in line. Kees and I
are both on the Jensen list, so this will get through to that crowd.
(Kees is the brighter of the pair and tends to listen. I, on the other
hand, don't!)
I tried to get official things going like the Jensen club and the
Healey club. So far, so good, excepting all the nonexistent old farts
that never show up at the nonexistent meetings. :) That being said,
Art and I grab hamburgers & beers and discuss how cool we are. So far
we are the coolest members of the two of us and we reserve the right
to mock all of you Bruces. :) I also tend to show up at other brit car
events, generally in the wrong car. :)
As long as the Jensen folk and the Healey folk promise to behave
themselves we could be encouraged to form a local gathering (provided
that there was an appropriate amount of beer involved). That being
said, bad behaviour is allowed as long as it coincides with female mud
wrestling. You bring the women, we'll supply the mud.
On a side note, took the kids to the zoo today. Warned the keepers of
the dangers of drop bears. They didn't listen. We may have lost some
of the future 50 to these vicious beasties.
Jody (a.k.a got the beast running tonight.There's a TR8 loose on the
streets of Phoenix now!)
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
> Patrick,
> I know Richard Calver well. As an owner of a Jensen Healey and a staf
> member of the Dutch Jensen Society (Het Jensen Genootschap Holland), I
> have all his books and all books about Jensen and many about Healey.
> You may be right that I was confused with the 541 DH had, which was
> fitted with a V-8.
> Cheers,
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
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