[Healeys] 57 today

[Chris Dimmock]

Ok.
I'm lucky that the first owner (Richard Steil) of my BJ8 recorded much  
of his mileage - including driving my car to Australia from England.  
He recorded his odometer reading every day for 3 months on his drive  
to Australia.
The third / 5th owner (they were the same guy, Wally Gates) also kept  
a log book of his racing. And driving.
So adding those together, they tell me the story of at least the  
mileage before I bought the black & white car.
When I restored the black & white car, I didn't reset the odometer. I  
didn't zero it.
When an owner claims "original miles" I believe he is claiming that it  
still has the original speedo/ odo and it is "original" and has never  
been reset.
The mileage is "proveable".
My odometer crossed the 100,000 mile mark a few years back. I even  
took a pic.
I can't walk outside to check my BJ8. But if a BJ 8 odomoter resets to  
zero at 100,000 miles (not sure? Can't remember??) then "original  
miles" on my BJ8 would be ~ 103,000. Odometer Indicated miles could  
possibly be  ~ 3,000 (if it reset at 100,000)
Obviously, replacing / zeroing/
my speedo - or resetting the odo to zero at the resto in 1998 -would  
mean I couldn't say "original miles"
That's my take.
Best.
Chris


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On 30/10/2010, at 1:35 PM, <healeymanjim at hansencc.net> wrote:

> congrats steve on the big 57.  BTW, could someone please explain the  
> difference between "original" and "unoriginal" miles.  i thought all  
> miles were original.   hjim