Actually Meade's registry did distinguish between factory built cars
and converted cars according too his Membership Directory dated 1998.
Factory Produced Cars were "F" numbers in the registry, Early Pre-Post
Production Converted Cars were "E-C numbers, and Post Production
Converted Cars were "C" numbers.
This was the last Membership Directory I ever got and the Newsletters
stopped in late 1990's. No real communication since that time. Only
time I had communication with the Registry was 4-5 years ago when I
checked out a car and told my membership had lapsed and I could re-up
for $20. I was told to just send him $20 every year with no
notification to keep membership active. ?????
This Registry has always been a mystery to me and prefer to have my
car listed with Rich Chrysler's registry.
Randy
Randy Hicks
'56 100M
'55 BN1 Dealer LeMans
'62 BN7 MkII
'65 BJ8
'53 MGTD
Healey100M@gmail.com
On Nov 6, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Awgertoo@aol.com wrote:
> 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."
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
>
>
> 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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