Chris,
You should not ask Denis Welch`s today. Actually there are more E-Types in
their shop than Healey`s and half of their racing activity is with E-Types.
Josef Eckert
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Von: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] Im
Auftrag von Chris Dimmock
Gesendet: Samstag, 23. Juli 2011 13:49
An: Tom Felts
Cc: Forum
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] 100-Six with XK150 engine for sale
And some of us would say the maths - or engineering - or lack thereof
- is why E types never excelled on any motorsport dais in their era.
Oh wait. Except for those lightweights. And those aluminium block cars. Yeah.
Production cars. All six of them..
Well, the only Healey with an aluminium block didn't ever race or rally, in
the era. But the production Healeys still opened a huge old can of wooppass on
the E Type back in the day, and still do in Historics.
Just ask Dennis Welch.
The beauty and charm of every Austin Healey was that it was agricultural.
Alfas, Lancias, Jags, Lambos, Ferraris, Aston Martins, whatever, were so high
tech you can't fix it yourself....
But agricultural high performance - Healeys - from Sprites to 100's to 3000's
- and all the stuff you can do yourself to make the go faster or just enjoy as
standard and fix as you go - that's the Holy Grail.
At least for me anyway.
Chris
PS.
And I love the purposeful look and sound of a 3000 over the look of a cigar
shaped, and undertyred e type, anyday.
PPS. I take back what I said earlier about engineering of that 3.8
100/6 - that 3.8 100/6 still has a C Series Healy Diff!!! Ooooohhhh old
fashioned solid rear axle.... At least Doddsies 3.8 bugeye has a high tech
suspension rear end...
;-)
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On 23/07/2011, at 9:00 PM, Tom Felts <tomfelts@windstream.net> wrote:
> Hummmm--some of us would say the 4.2 is the "Grande Dame":):)
>
>
> ---- Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
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