[Healeys] Healey on fijii list

[BJ8 Healeys]

Thanks, John and Dallas, for explaining fijii/Kijiji.  I had never heard of either one.  As far as the car, now that I have had a chance to look at the actual ad at the Kijiji site, I wonder why someone would go to the trouble and expense to install rack and pinion steering in a car that had only been driven 27K miles in 42 years, unless that is a mistake in the description.

The asking price is either a mistake in the listing also, or a scam.  Extremely low asking prices is one of the prime tip-offs to a scam, and photos can be lifted from websites for scams.  

Might be legitimate, but I think I would want some answers to a few questions before seriously considering responding to the ad.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA

---- John Sims <ahbn6 at optonline.net> wrote: 
> Another note, on the Kijiji list, there are photos. I blew up the rear view
> to take a look at the dealer plate and it is Sports Car Gallery in Beaver
> Falls, PA. I went to their site and they have only one Healey listed for
> sale and that is a red one 63HBJ7L19678 that they are selling for $55K. I
> took a look at the background of some of their other cars that are for sale
> and it is the same background as this car. Wonder if they made an error on
> the price in their listing?
> 
> Steve, what say you?
> 
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>  
> www.healey6.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net at autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of BJ8
> Healeys
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:45 AM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healey on fijii list
> 
> Hi, Jeff - 
> I do not have 39401 listed in the BJ8 registry, and therefore no specific
> information on it.  As to some of the claims in the 
> description, the following does not dispute any of them, but here is what I
> do 
> know: 
>  
> If the car is a one-owner from Missouri, then it was apparently not
> registered 
> with the Missouri DMV at any time prior to 1990.  I have a listing of
> Healeys 
> registered with the MO DMV at that time (as well as Texas, Louisiana,
> Florida, 
> Ohio, Massachusetts, and North Carolina), and the VIN does not appear on it.
> 
> This MO list does not just include cars actively registered in 1990, but 
> registered at any time up to that date. 
>  
> What is the "Fijii List"? 
>  
> Steve Byers 
> HBJ8L/36666 
> BJ8 Registry 
> Havelock, NC  USA