The Nash-Healey was the result of a chance meeting in 1949 onboard the steamship Queen Elizabeth between Nash President George Mason and British sports-car manufacturer Donald Healey. Nash had a strong base of manufacturing and a solid dealer network in the US, but a rather conservative product line. Donald Healey saw a way to enter the American market with a huge advantage. By the time the ship docked in New York they had agreed that Healey would build a sports car with Nash supplying the running gear and the cars would be sold in the US through the Nash dealerships.
