[Healeys] Barrett-Jackson VIN's

[Jim Culp]

B-J darn well should be interested in the VIN's of cars, and I have to
imagine
that the sellers would have to supply authentication paperwork
for their
entries.  There are a number of reasons why.  B-J has to
place an auction
estimate on the cars- the difference between a numbers
matching Roadrunner and
an non is pretty large.  Secondly- they have to
check the VINs to ensure that
they are not opening themselves up to a
liability nightmare- as your Sage
Green example shows.  Third- they
have to make sure that they aren't selling a
stolen car or a car with a
clouded title.

B-J MUST have seen the BMHIT cert and the fact
that they chose to use the
wording that they did seems to me to be
nefarious indeed.  The fact that the
owner was good enough to display
the BMHIT Cert and Speed was good enough to
show it doesn't excuse the
presentation by B-J IMO.