[Healeys] !00M on Ebay

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Wed May 21 21:11:57 MDT 2008


EeeEEEeeyeck!!!!

Car is definitely worth about a third of the start price....



On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Randy Hicks <Healey100M at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Alan & Kenny, yes, may things wrong with this car. Jerry Bensinger had
> it for sale in Jan. '08 also.
>
> If you think the paint on the bulkhead is bad, take a look at the chassis
> shots attached (list will strip attachments) of this car. You'll see why
> this dealer doesn't show any chassis photos of the "Just finished 85,000
> photo documented restoration".
>
> I was told in Jan. the restoration was several years old and cost $85,000.
> 85,000 photos is a lot!  :-)
>
> Randy
>
> Randy Hicks
> '56 100M
> '62 BN7 MkII
> '65 BJ8
> '53 MGTD
> Healey100M at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
> On May 21, 2008, at 9:11 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
>
> One question, can someone explain the three screw dashpot caps mounted on
>> the four screw H6 throttle body?  Was that normal or is this a PO mod?
>>
>> Feh... and lots of details wrong, would not even make concourse gold,
>> problems I see are:
>>
>> 1) No strap hose clamps!
>> 2) Wrong grommets on the cold air box too - these won't seal thus no
>> pressure to float bowls.
>> 3) rounded head nut - and the nut is an incorrect aircraft style flanged
>> nut
>> to boot!
>> 4) curly red tension lead - AAAAAAAK!
>> 5) phillips head screws on bonnet strap - is this correct?
>> 6) Absolutely atrocious installation of the leather seat covers
>> 7) Tunnel carpet is totally wrinkled, albeit this was like this from the
>> factory, but if it was my car I would have paid the $100 to have it fitted
>> properly.
>> 8) Inner bulkhead not sprayed correctly with black primer showing
>> 9) Donde esta los tool kit?  this is $110K folks.
>> 10) Engine bulkhead not properly prepped before painting - makes me wonder
>> how well the paint will last
>> 11) Water pipes aren't painted engine color
>> 12) I see pozidrive screws!!!!
>> 13) Nice Gucci Radiator cap.
>> 14) Carb supports should be black, right?
>>
>> Did I miss anything?  Should the boot armacord be blue (or was that BN1s
>> only?)
>>
>> Two hours of shop time by the restorer spent reading the Roger Moment book
>> would have been money well spent....
>>
>> Begging a closer inspection of the paint, I'd value this car at $40K +/-
>> $10K based on quality of paint.  shame.
>>
>> But hey I would be happy to pay 110,000 .... Yen that is.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Geatros <geatros at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Listers,
>>>
>>> Factory 100M on Ebay item number 310052494330.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Kenny
>>> Vancouver BC
>>> Canada
>>>
>>
>
>


-- 
Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


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