[Healeys] Final word on "LWB"

[Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com]

Hello Steve and all,
that4s what I had always in mind. It is just a mistake in the certificate.
Over the past 15 years I have ordered around 50 certificates for friends here
in Germany, not only for Austin Healeys also for MGs, Triumphs and Morris
Minors. Here the older people are not very skilled in English language, thats
why I do this service.
What I want to say is, in the about 50 certificates there were more than 5
wrong statements in the certificates, even wrong engine number in one.
This is manual work the registrars do and they check in old handwritten books
and may check an inquiry for a Landrover together with one for a Healey and
perhaps when writing the certificate mixing it up.

Josef Eckert
Koenigswinter/Germany

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Hello, Healeyphiles -

Thanks to UK lister Andy Pole, who contacted Richard Brotherton at BMIHT, we
can close the loop on "LWB" and put it to rest -- at least for now.  As you
will remember from our last exciting episode, the BMIHT certificate for
HBJ8L/32453 had the notation LWB just to the right of, and on the same line,
as the usual Car/chassis number.  I inquired on the list whether anyone knew
what this meant, or perhaps also had a certificate with the same notation.  No
one had any definite knowledge of the meaning or reported a similar notation.

Richard Brotherton says that the certificate was issued in 1997 before PCs
were used at BMIHT to contain the records database, so he was unable to check
the original certificate.  However, he did thoroughly examine the build
records for the car and could find no such notation, or any indication what it
may have meant when the certificate was produced.   His opinion was that it
was merely a mistake, although I find that a bit hard to accept.  Since Anders
Clausager signed the certificate, perhaps only he might know for sure.

The car is currently advertised for sale in Austria, is said to have had only
one owner (not the one named on the cert as the Personal Export Delivery
recipient)and has lived in Italy since 1989.

Happy Healeying!

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC
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