[Healeys] Item on ebay

[Robert Blair]

Mike, Exactly my point - the D looks contrived and is probably not a
production stencil of the original Moss sig.  His later in life sig is
different yet again - as you would expect - less legible of course.

Robert N. Blair  Yellow 65BJ8  rnbmail at yahoo.com
   



--- On Wed, 2/4/09, M Lempert <mlempert at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: M Lempert <mlempert at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Item on ebay
> To: "Mark Goodman" <mkgoodman at att.net>
> Cc: HealeyHundred at comcast.net, healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 3:38 PM
> Okay, maybe I need to recant my story, especially if Mark
> knows the gent and has seen the steering wheel.  But let me
> explain. There were two Lestons listed by the same seller
> with only three feedbacks. The other was listed as a
> buy-it-now at only $150. Both wheels required immediate
> payment which is something I hadn't encountered before.
> The payment had to be made before it even closed the auction
> - very unusual. Now that together with a seller with only
> three feedbacks merits caution. But there's more. After
> the $150 wheel sold, it appeard again on ebay; then was
> finally taken down some time later. Very strange indeed.
>
> Additionally, (and here I will incriminate myself as
> someone without a life) the Moss signature on the one wheel
> looked odd. I compared the signature with one that I have
> plus two more signatures from period advertisements. See,
> I'm a total steering wheel geek. The signature did not
> look good. I have just uploaded the signature comparisons so
> you can see what I'm talking about. The first two
> signatures are obviously from the adverts; the third (A) is
> from my steering wheel, and the fourth (B) is the ebay
> wheel. What do you think?
> http://www.pbase.com/mdlempert/image/108877575
>
> Mike L.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Goodman
> To: mlempert at bellsouth.net
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:55 PM
> Subject: Item on ebay
>
>
> Dear Mike,
>
> That item is definitely genuine as I have seen it at Bob
> Millstein's Shop. He has many Healey parts, and has been
> very helpful to me over the past 25 years.  He is a straight
> shooter and has many other rare British Car Parts in his
> stockpile.
>
> Mark Goodman
> 66 BJ8 35503
> www.austinhealeyessence.com
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