This thing looks like the kit car available here in the US. I think it's
called the "Sebring". It looks kind of ok in pictures but up close it too
looks like a POS (HOS) MK1.
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From <Daniel1312 at aol.com>
To: <justbrits@mediaone.net>; <tannen@babson.edu>;
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Rebirth of Healey?
> It is in fact, IMHO a HOS (heap of ........) It looks cheap and garish
and
> look a cheap kit car. I have seen a few of these over a number of years
and
> they just plain look horrid. As someone who has also seen a big Healey
that
> was custom modified (went down like a lead balloon at a Healey meet) there
is
> still no comparasion. You need to perhaps, actually see the car to
> appreciate how awful it is.
>
> Now, the new Mini is a car that looks just right.
>
> As for Beamer, if they are going to resurrect any name, it will be one
they
> do own (and they cannot use the Healey name any more than Austin could
after
> the agreement expired) it will RILEY and they have said as much. I think
it
> is just the ill-informed non-motoring or amateur motoring press that
> speculate about a return of Austin-Healey (in complete ignorance of the
> history of the Healey name).
>
> Daniel1312
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 27/02/01 11:29:37 Pacific Standard Time,
> justbrits@mediaone.net writes:
>
> << <<The HMC Sports Car is an evocative replica of the classic Healey
Sports
> Car but with all the advantages of modern engineering and refinement.
"It's
> a replica that honours the original rather than debases its legacy" -
> Autocar Feb '99. The HMC marque is internationally recognised as one of
the
> finest reproduction motor cars hand-built today. >>
>
> It is NOT a "Healey" .
>
> Ed
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