So----when can he start on mine???:):)
> [Original Message]
> From: Steinman, Bill <wsteinman@pogolaw.com>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 6/20/2007 3:11:50 PM
> Subject: RE: Sold Healey
>
> At the risk of starting a fire storm (mwahahahahahaha), I have to say
> loudly and in public that I just don't buy this whole thing where cars
> done by a particular restorer should be worth more than a car done to
> the same standards by anyone else. The whole thing is hype, pure and
> simple. With all due respect to any of the Healey experts who fetch
> premiums (and I'm sure their cars are lovely), my Healey was restored by
> my father (with some help from me over the years). Now, none of you
> would have heard of my father, but cars from his shop have been invited
> to and shown at Pebble Beach for years, and he has one numerous class
> awards at Pebble, and a few years ago took the Montague Trophy (awarded
> to the finest English car on the field) for a pre-war AC. His
> restorations have also been nominated for special awards at the AACA
> national convention (which many of you will know is not a car show) and
> has won many over the years, including two special awards this year
> alone (for those of you who are AACA members and get the magazine, my
> old man did the '34 Lancia retractable hard top and the '09 EMF Savanah
> race car, both of which are featured in the magazine). The point here
> isn't to sing my father's praises (though he deserves it). The bottom
> line is that one should buy a car based on what it is, and the quality
> of the restoration, not the name of the cat who restored it. Oh, and my
> old man hated restoring the Healey -- he said it was too modern. :o)
>
> Let the fireworks begin! :o)
>
> Bill S.
> 2005 Lotus Elise
> 1968 Triumph TR-250
> 1965 Sunbeam Tiger
> 1965 Austin Healey 3000 Mk III
>
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