[Healeys] Some statistics concerning Metallic Golden Beige, (was) RE: Color poll please

[sbyers]

Some statistics from the BJ8 Registry concerning the Metallic Golden Beige
cars:

According to Anders Clausager, there were 553 BJ8s originally painted
Metallic Golden Beige (3% of BJ8 production).  So far in independent
research in the BMIHT archives, the BJ8 Registry has identified 546 of them.
The 546 cars are not all in consecutive chassis or body number sequence, so
it remains an interesting question as to how these particular cars were
designated to become Metallic Golden Beige (in general, it remains an
interesting question as to how any specific chassis or body number was
selected to become the color that it did).
Three of the 546 have been positively identified as scrapped due to
accidents, rust, parting out or otherwise being destroyed.  
At least one of the 546 donated its complete chassis and is currently
identified with a non-MGB VIN.

75 are recorded as originally MGB, and are painted that color now (although
they may have had other paint colors in the interim).

471 are recorded as originally MGB and are currently either some other color
or the current color is not recorded.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+sbyers=ec.rr.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
GSFuqua1 at aol.com
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 5:26 PM
To: shop at justbrits.com; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Color poll please

Jim, listen to Ed.  Do you have any idea how rare an original GBM car  is?  
AND they are gorgeous, especially with modern paint  and a good body man.
Stay 
true to the Heritage Certificate.  You  won't be disappointed.
 
Cheers
 
Gary Fuqua
Classic Sports Cars
Branson, MO