Hello
If it wasn?t for cars like the Austin A40 Sports there wouldn?t be an
Austin-Healey in the numbers that were eventually made.
The A40 Sports were made by Jensen Motors with an all alloy body under contract
to Austin in the pre-BMC period. Released in late 1950 the A40 Sports was not
marketed as a sports car, but as a touring car.
Without the contacts made through the A40 Sports, Jenson Motors would not have
been given the contract to build the new Austin-Healey 100.
The A40 Sports was and is quite a spirited performer and I would be very
pleased to have one in my garage as they formed a very important part of the
late 1940s and 1950s British automotive history.
Don?t bag what you don?t know.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Blue Mountains, Australia
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: Wednesday, 21 February 2018 6:24 AM
To: Ahealey help
Subject: [Healeys] Austin Sports cars
In case you ever wonder why Leonard Lord wanted the Healey 100. Take a look at
Austin's 52 sports car
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Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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