[Healeys] BN1 on eBay

[Jose Vicente Vargas]

Please send me the link to ebay. I cannot find the car

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On 2/12/2012, at 3:47 p.m., Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:

> David,
> Your question is very valid and although I can appreciate Curts opinion I
> dont think the real issue that you are raising has been addressed.
>
> As I understand it you are saying that if it is a nicely done car it may be
> worth the asking price even though it may not be original.
>
> IMHO this goes back to the very core of our hobby and for that matter any
> collector hobby.
>
> With reproduction techniques being what they are today one could,
> conceivably, make a perfect copy of the Mona Lisa so why is that copy not
> worth what the original is worth well, obviously, because it is not the
> original.
>
> Collectors demand originality because that is really the only standard
> there is that makes an original worth a lot of money but, that said,
> anything is worth what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller.
>
> Put another way If the vendor of this car can find someone to buy it for
> #97,500 then one cannot argue that the car is not worth #97,500.
>
> Michael Salter
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> Very simply, in my opinion, because the seller is asking over $155 USD for
>> a car (just a BN1 for that matter) that is listed as Healey Grey
>> (non-metallic light blue) and appears in fact to be painted Gunmetal Grey,
>> while claiming it's painted and trimmed in the original color
combinations!
>>
>> For that amount of money the paint needs to be correct.  To correctly
>> repaint the car is an expensive proposition.  Heck for that amount of
money
>> buy a correct Concours factory 100M and get your money's worth.
>>
>> All the other nitnoid things are easily fixed.
>>
>> Curt
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 9:32 PM, David Nock British Car Specialists <
>> healeydoc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> So why does a car have to be as original to being top dollar, what can't
>>> it have some good quality upgrades to make a safer and some better
driving
>>> car. Kurt Tanner as well as several others are sending cars to the
> auctions
>>> and getting top dollar for non original cars.
>>>
>>> David Nock
>>>
>>> British Car Specialists
>>>
>>> Stockton Ca 95205
>>>
>>> 209-948-8767
>>>
>>>
>>> www.britishcarspecialists.com
>
>
> --
> Michael Salter
>
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