[Leica] Morgans

[rclark01 at comcast.net (Robert Clark)]

In the summer of 1978 when I was nearly a senior in high school, my 
dad's brother, who had Rovers, Citroens, MGs, Triumphs and the like, 
left his Jensen Healy on the farm for a few months for me to drive.  
Remember the Jensen Healey?  From 73-76, it was constructed in England 
using a Lotus aluminum engine and throaty Stromberg carbs in the fine 
British sportscar style.....For two months, I drove nothing 
else......and absolutely hated to give it back.  Since then, I'm always 
on the lookout for a Jensen Healey. And yes, they had the traditional 
oil leaks, rusting, timing belt malfunctions, and a host of other 
consistent problems but I loved that car like nothing I've ever driven 
before or since.  I'm no mechanic and I have no place to keep a 30 year 
old JH, but when I think of the car I want, that's it...hands down.  
Acceleration, handling, etc....perfect to me.  The emissions, the 
rollover safety requirements, the reliability problems all conspired to 
kill production but boy was that the time of my life.

Robert Clark
Lancaster, PA


denik wrote:

>Akhil, It's the only traditional British roadster since 1934
>that the USA crash & emmission regulations hsn't killed off
>by 1968 that is handbuilt and still in production. Most of us
>boomers who started driving in the early to mid sixties craved
>one driving our MG's & TR's & Healey's.
>
>In today's world, who would seriously consider buying a 60's
>engineered car where you had to adjust points & carbs at every
>3000 mile oil change and worry if it would run for that 200 mile trip
>without a mechanical glitch when you can hop in your Miata or Z
>roadster & drive coast to coast with no worries your car would
>stop when you hit a large puddle & moisture cracked your
>distributor cap. 
>
>Ask a young kid to look at an M & they'll ask where the LCD screen
>is & where is the memory card slot  & USB port is  hidden.
>You might relate to handbuilt M's the same way as a cult object of desire.
>
>denik
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