[Healeys] BT7 thread

[Curt/Nancy Arndt]

Ira,

I feel you are correct and are doing and this is what I would do in the same
situation.

It's seems to be  just this simple, IF you feel the engine is original to
the chassis, then a heritage search of the engine gives you the the correct
chassis and body numbers.  End of story.  Sounds like a no brainer to me.

On another similar note while I was going through some Healey crap in the
garage, I found two old chassis tags that belonged to the late Steve Toth of
Rancho Santa Fe, CA.  Steve, a Healey enthusiast, would buy Healeys from the
local wrecking yard in the '60s and '70s, fix them up to drive and or sell
them.  He had quite a collection before he passed away some years ago.  He
sold most of his Healeys and parts to Phil Gallant (another Healey and
Shelby Cobra enthusiast) here in Oceanside, CA who in turn sold the cars and
parts to a fellow in Belgium.  Last word was a number of the cars were
restored and presumably still in Europe

Any FYI, here are the numbers...

*BN6L/3746*
*
BN4L  - 0 -  38338*

Cheers,

Curt

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:38 AM, I Erbs <eyera3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> wow this has really gotten away from where I started
>
> engine is a bt7, chassis is a bt7 id/body tags are from my original bn4
>
>
> I tried in sept. to get info on getting body id for my chassis. no one
> suggested looking in boot or rear shroud, so I sent in the 29d # knowing it
> was a bt 7 engine. now after 6 weeks of waiting and spending $85.00 I am
> about to send my car to the paint stripper and then off to the body/paint
> shop I have to start all over. at this point I think I'll keep my car red
> and deal with the id and engine # stuff later.
> I did not mean to open a can of warms
> just to clarify. car is a bt7 with a bt7 engine. I am not trying to
> register
> a 100-6 as 30000. i am trying to register a 3000 as a 3000.
> over 30 years ago no one cared. this was a $500.00 car