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On Sep 11, 12:35 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
In article .com,
Andre Jute wrote:

The 60 can't stand for cubic inches; that's only one litre. So what
does it stand for? Horsepower. Actually, before the war 60 real horses
pretty the sturdiest of the British engines, the 3 litre Austin
Princess engine as fitted to Austin Healeys, didn't cross the 100bhp
barrier (except advertising puffery) until you breathed on it.

The Healey 100/4 used basically a pre-war Austin engine which struggled
to make 100 bhp, but 6 cylinder models had post war C Series units all of
which were good for over 100 bhp. Although not by much in standard trim.
The last version with the Weslake head and separate ports *could* be made
to produce a fair amount. But was a desperately heavy lump.

The Boss had a beautiful gunmetal gray Healey 3000 with walnut facia
and windup windows that he tooled around in when he could be bothered
to show for class. Eventually someone made him an offer of a Stingray
and cash pink slip exchange that he took.

Regards,

Gray