[Healeys] H-BT7-L/6722 CLARIFICATION

[BJ8 Healeys]

Ira, does your BT7 chassis have a body number plate?  If it does, that is
the number I would have used for BMIHT to determine the chassis number, not
the 29D engine which you know isn't original to your chassis.  I do not know
if BT7s were identified with the VIN/chassis number on the shock tower like
BJ8s, but unless someone who knows for sure says there were no numbers there
on a BT7 I would look for one.  If I found one, that would be the chassis
number I would use.  I would bet that the body plate would match any such
number on the frame.

If your car has always been registered as a BN4, how are you going to
convince the DMV to change the number on your title?  They might change the
number if there was an obvious typo in the paperwork, but your BT7 VIN is
going to be completely different from the BN4 number.

Anyone can do to their car whatever they can get away with, but as an
Austin-Healey model registrar I personally object to selling identification
plates for use on another car.  Rather, the plates should be provided to the
appropriate registrar to hold in case the original chassis turns up.  It has
happened for BJ8s in two cases I have personally been involved in, plus one
orphan engine plate was returned to the engine it belonged to.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of I Erbs
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:14 PM
To: healey help
Subject: [Healeys] H-BT7-L/6722 CLARIFICATION

OK,
clarification

bought car 35 years ago
was a BN4 with the 29D engine.
wrecked car 32 years ago

both the original engine donor and my BN4 no longer exist, except that my
car has always been registered as a BN4, even though it currently has a 29D
engine and BT7 chassis with disk breaks.

bought new car with no drivetrain It is a BT7, now with a BT7 drivetrain
still registered as  BN4

sent engine # to BMHT
came back today as belonging to a 1960 BT
with H-BT7-L/6722 chassis #

*So my goal is to correctly register it as a BT7, not BN4*

Just checking with the list to verify what I know to be true
that 6722 was parted out and does not currently exist.

I am also restoring my car and was interested in then original colors of the
car my engine came out of, plus when it was built.
The certificate provided me  with the  everything I wanted to know and the
chassis/vin # associated with the engine

is this less confusing ?
Ira

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I Erbs
Portland, OR