Very nice car!
I agree with Alan, this site looks eastern european. I would say it is
genuine.
Othervise though I prefer the chech economy over the slovakian, but they do
still quite impressive. We hungarians have let down a bit in the last few
years, but now it looks like something has changed and we are taking up revs
again - at least I hope soo.
Gergo
2011/7/19 Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> This looks legit to me. Slovaks are pretty straight shooters (I'm married
> to one) and the economy there is arguably one of the the best in Eastern
> Europe (certainly better than any of the PIGS) so I'd take it seriously.
>
> The parent directory of the ftp is in correct Slovak, so that's good. I
> checked his pictures of the restoration (all photos marked in Slovak) and
> the resto pictures on the street are definitely in Slovakia, probably
> somewhere outside of Bratislava. Possibly Kosice but it looks more western
> Slovakia to me.
>
> The ftp is a bit painful to work through unless you open all the pics in
> new
> tabs, then it goes pretty fast. The car is a later Mk 1, looks like a VERY
> nice off frame restoration with very high quality metal work (typical in
> that area of Europe) and an incredibly faithful restoration considering
> this
> is probably the only 3000 in the whole country. The exterior and paint is
> perfect, the interior is nicely done (although the red color seems a tad
> off
> to me), but that could be the camera. There are only a few very minor
> diversions on the car as far as originality is concerned, and knowing the
> Eastern Europeans they will take all the bolts and nuts off, clean them,
> replate them (all cheaper than buying new) and put that back on so probably
> a very faithful restoration. Probably my biggest beef is the wonky
> gearbox lever boot and knob, but the rest of it looks pretty awesome.
>
> My wife is in Slovakia right now with my kids so I'll have her give the guy
> a call.
>
> Eastern Europe these days is one of the fastest growing economies in the
> world - I'd have more trust in the Slovaks to run the US economy than our
> current & recent crop of vampires in DC. Ok off my mydlo-schranka.
>
> Alan
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Jack Feldman <qualitas.jack at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I got this today and thought it might be of interest to someone. This is
> > the
> > first time I got one of these. Are there many floating around? Offers to
> > claim the estate of a Nigerian millionaire are common. I also like the
> > offers of a woman worth millions to become my wife if I send her money..
> > Jack
> >
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Dear Mr. Feldman,
> >
> > I found contact for your Austin Healey club on internet. My uncle from
> > Slovakia made renovation of Austin Healey for last 3 years. You can find
> > all information before renovation, during renovation and after
> > renovation on following FTP server:
> >
> > ftp: 195.28.77.180
> > user: profigarant
> > password: 2468
> >
> > Also you can find all pictures and information about this car.
> > Renovation was finished only last month (6/2011) and from this time this
> > car was 3 time awarded on several veterans meetings in Slovakia. Veteran
> > has all technical documents from government for next 5 years and it was
> > awarded with best mark A1 (from government expert). All parts in car are
> > originally and there are no new spare parts. All spare parts was
> > renovated. Car is "new" and also interier is from leather like you can
> > see at the pictures. My ucle would like to sell this unique car, becuse
> > only few pieces are in Europe. You are focused especially for Austin
> > Healey cars and I would like to know if you have some fans or potential
> > buyers for this car or if you can focus me on some buyers or veterans
> > clubs. Thank you for information.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Ing. Martin Pastir
> >
> > Mobile phone: +421 911 233 960
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