[Healeys] healey ID tag on ebay

[Jim Ryan]

I had my 1964 BJ7 (BJ7L25155) stolen in Boston a week after I bought it in
1974 from  the original owner.  Got it back 3 months later in perfect
condition and full of camping equipment that wasn't there when I parked it.
The only thing missing on the car was the ID plate.  They even put the trunk
lock in my tool box .  I sometimes wonder if they changed the oil for me...

Anyway, 6 months later I get a call from the FBI.  They said they had broken
up a stolen car ring in VT and my tag was on one.  I went over my story with
them and they asked if I would testify.  I said if they paid the travel I
would.  About a week before the trial date they called and said it had been
pled out so I didn't go.  All I have on my car is a piece of scrap metal
with the number stamped on it that I made back then, and whenever I got it
inspected they would look at it and the registration and say "OK".

I still have the car.  In severe need of restoration (again) and sitting
outside under a tarp, but I just can't bear to let it go.  My fantasy is
that one of my boys (22 & 25) will get settled down enough to inherit the
project.

-Jim
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- "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

2009/12/17 BJ8 Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com>

> Well, it's possible to get a title for a car that shouldn't have one.
>  There
> has been at least one car I know of offered by a well-known restorer at the
> Barrett-Jackson auction that was claiming a VIN number that is recorded as
> scrapped in the BJ8 registry.  I would assume that he was able to get a
> title with that number.
>
> I've never seen a "home-made" replacement VIN tag that looked anywhere near
> the factory original.  They are pretty obvious when they turn up, and are
> the first thing that make me suspicious of the identity of a car.
>
> Steve Byers
> HB8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
>  On Behalf Of richard mayor
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:21 PM
> To: eyera3 at gmail.com; healeys
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] healey ID tag on ebay
>
> You can buy blank ID tags from Moss Motors for about $10-$15. You can buy a
> set of letter and numerical stamps the same size as the original for about
> $35. You can make up your own ID tags to any letter and number combination
> you
> like. What you need is a title! And, DMV will not give you a title based
> upon
> some old ID tag on some old car that has no title. The guy that bought the
> tag
> for $100 just lost $100.  Richard Mayor
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