When I bought my 100 it was missing some original parts. One of the
stamped cockpit surround pieces and the doors. Amazingly I was able to
locate the doors and the missing cockpit surround piece. I wanted to have
as much of the original car as possible, but realized that in cases where
the car has been around for a while this may be virtually impossible. It
may have been in an accident and had body panels replaced or the engine
was replaced. Unfortunately my former BN2 has been parted out along with
parts original to the chassis, which was sold separately. I would think
that if you had an, essentially, intact sub chassis and the body number
stamped pieces along with the original ID tags, this would qualify for an
original car. I would suggest that in the case of special cars, such as
the "M", those without complete stamped body parts, including engine with
original tag, be designated as "rebuilt" rather than "restored" and
judged separately. I realize this will be an ongoing debate, but needs to
be addressed before the originality is polluted. Thanks.
Doug
> Where is the line? I looked at a 100M the recently that started out
> as
> a rusty, bent chassis but with the correct ID number. Now it's a
> complete car with no original parts (other than those mentioned),
> but
> it is in the registry and with BMIHT certificate.
>
> Not sure there is an answer.
>
> Randy
>
> Randy Hicks
> '56 100M
> '62 BN7 MkII
> '65 BJ8
> '53 MGTD
> Healey100M@gmail.com
>
>
> On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Dan Stromquist wrote:
>
> > Keith:
> > If you can replace every part on a car including the frame and
> > block, then
> > what defines that the car is still original? Some believe the
> > original tags
> > do. To me, an original car would have to be what came as a
> complete
> > unit
> > off the assembly line with replacement minimal and rebuilding
> > original parts
> > the rule-especially the frame and engine. What say the concours
>
> > committee?
> > Dan
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