List,
I've been under the impression, perhaps mistakenly so, that the Sprites and
Midgets were not assembled at the same plant as the big Healeys. The story
I heard was that the Healey production line couldn't handle the Sprites
because the Engine is installed from the top (due to the cross member)
where all big Healeys had the engine installed from underneath. So
assembly of the Sprite was contracted out to Abingdon who's assembly line
was set up for top side engine installation.
Could someone in the know confirm or correct this story? In other words
"Daddy where do Big Healeys come from?"
Thanks, Herb
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