The Kurt Tanner Golden Beige car at Barrett-Jackson this year had the
red interior but it was a very deep blood/burgandy red. It looked
good but was a long away from the original color. My BJ8 has the
original red interior and they were not close.
He had the same red in the Black car.
Randy Hicks
'56 100M
'65 BJ8
'53 MGTD
Healey100M@gmail.com
On Jan 23, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Yellow 65BJ8 wrote:
> Hi Earl, List,
>
> No flames here either. Beige and red is a fantastic
> combo - iteresting to learn of the only 50 produced.
>
> As said, Tanner is in the biz of restoration, and
> should do what sells. He clearly did not deceive,
> which is correct.
>
> The buyer had all the info and made a calculated
> [easy?] decision on that car/color/circumstance - that
> is what auctions are all about - instant decisions.
>
> In the meantime, we all have what we have, so lets
> drive on.
>
> Next time your car comes up for a full rstoration,
> remember this color combo in your decision chain. I
> chose yellow with red interior for an originally green
> car with black interior - do not like green, and hate
> black interiors. If I had to do it again, I would
> definitely put beige/red on the table - it looked
> great to my eye. Always better to see the car in a
> color, rather than imagine it - not always possible at
> the time.
>
> Best, Robert, Yellow 65 BJ8
>
> --- Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Gents:
>>
>> No flames from me. My information is that there
>> were 550 Golden Beige
>> Metallic BJ8's built (it's possible that there were
>> 3 more), all late in
>> production - ie: 1967 cars.
>>
>> It is known that 50 of these were trimmed in red,
>> the rest black.
>> Obviously, the gold / red combination is considered
>> quite rare, which was
>> likely in Mr. Tanners mind when the choice was made.
>> For me, I have no
>> problem with this - if I were in the Healey
>> restoration business, I would
>> attempt to 'do what will sell' - without attempting
>> to deceive a potential
>> buyer, as I understand he has done.
>>
>> As a side note: It is also known that the factory /
>> dealers had lots of
>> trouble with the gold paint - probably due to the
>> emerging technology of
>> metallic paints at the time (although they seem to
>> have gotten a lot of blue
>> cars right.) Many of the gold cars had to be
>> repainted, sometimes at the
>> factory, usually by the dealer, sometimes before
>> sale, sometimes after.
>> Often the colour was changed to solve the gold paint
>> problem, usually to
>> OEW. I have seen 2 OEW BJ8's that were obviously
>> originally gold cars.
>>
>> My own opinion - we should not get overly taken with
>> what an owner / restore
>> does, as long as there is no attempt to deceive.
>> We've all seen Healeys
>> restored by people who really like their results -
>> and sometimes we can't
>> understand why they did what they did. The
>> important thing is to use and
>> enjoy the cars whatever they turn out to be - life
>> doesn't last all that
>> long.
>>
>> Earl Kagna
>> Victoria, B.C.
>> BT7 tri-carb
>> '67 BJ8 - originally gold / black trim and being
>> restored the same way.
>> I've learned a lot about gold BJ8's in the 25 years
>> that I've owned it.
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