In a message dated 11/6/2009 3:07:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
robertduquette@sympatico.ca writes:
though, it is being advertized as:
"1956 Austin Healey 100M Factory car with Heritage certificate ,all numbers
matching ,100 M Registry and California clear Title."
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I assume this is referring to Bill Meade's "100 M Registry".
To my knowledge Bill does NOT maintain a registry that certifies which
cars are actually authentic M cars (the so-called 640). It would be nice if
that were the purpose of the registry but in fact it serves as a
profit-center for Bill. Cars are listed on his Registry if they register and
pay a
fee. Some cars are no doubt real M's and some are cars that have been
"converted to "M" specs by owners. In fact my 1954 BN1 LeMans may be found
mentioned in the roles of Bill's registry simply because I chose to send him
the
money (I really liked the Registry grill badge!). But I was very clear to
say that my car is simply a BN1 LeMans that had been converted to M specs
by the original owner in about 1956-1957, though I doubt that the owners of
all the cars on the registry may have been as scrupulous.
I'm not being critical of Bill Meade's effort but I think his "Registry"
may invite abuse as simply saying that a car is "On the 100 M Registry" is
not a guarantee of authenticity. Bottomline--M=MONEY!!!
Best--Michael Oritt
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