I'll keep reading. I'll be an expert soon.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Learning all the time.
Here's a little magazine article obviously designed to enhance the sale of B8/49 at the Healey Factory. I hope it works. I'm always keen to learn more about the Nagari so I read with interest about the 400 units built (refuted in the photo caption), the styling copied from the Lotus Europa, the Ford suspension, the power assisted Austin 1800 rack and pinion, the lengthened chassis to accommodate the V8, the standard Michelin XAS tyres and the few factory built examples.
I'll keep reading. I'll be an expert soon.
I'll keep reading. I'll be an expert soon.
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I read this Sunday on Just Cars website and had a big laugh about all the contradictions in the text. Obviously written by a fuckwit with zero knowledge. Given The Healey Factory linkages to the Club and the professionalism they normally convey, I think they should have done a better effort. No one obviously proof read this. Lots and lots of Bollies for sale at the moment. Is it 7 Nagaris and 5 Mk 7's? Oh and the remains of a Mk 4. Guess the recession is hurting everywhere.
Do not feel too bad John, at various events I compete in with B8/26 the commentators know more about Mustangs,Camaros etc than any other Australian cars, never mind the Bolwells.
netoryfcMr.Low, a letter to the editor is in order. Apart from the obvious errors it is common knowledge the design was a copy of the Bizzarini Eurpoa not the Lotus Europa!
I do not understand the focus on the Lotus Europa. Has there been confirmation of this from Bolwell? I appreciate the work stint at Lotus by Bolwell. If you compare the 1968 Corvette Coupe rear window treatment with that of the Nagari they seem drawn by the same brush. However the design of the Europa was a Ron Hickman design as Lotus's unsuccessful effort in the GT40 project for Ford in 1963. The 68 Vette evolved from Larry Shinoda's 1961 Mako Shark design via Mako Shark 2/Manta Ray in 1965. Bill Mitchell is named as the designer of the 68 and Shinoda credits the conventional "sugar scoop" recessed rear window treatment to him. The History of Lamborghini comments that the for the styling of the Miura, Marcello Gandini was inspired by the Ford GT-40, and rushed the Miura design through in late 1965 and it was first displayed in 1966. GT40 was racing in 1964 with the canopy doors. Lots of good reading in searching this. Was fun
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