[Healeys] Fwd: Fake BMIHT Certificates

[BJ8 Healeys]

It's a bit misleading.  The article states that the fake certificates that
have come to light are for Mini Cooper S and Healey 100Ms.  They don't show
a sample of such a bad certificate, but one for an Aston Martin that appears
to be legitimate.  I'm only familiar with certificates for BJ8s (I have 737
of them in the registry collection), but I've never seen one where the
factory recorded information about a car that occurred after it left the
factory, such as "used in the James Bond film".
I've also never seen one for a BJ8 where the car was built and shipped out
of the factory on the same day.  Healeys normally had a very leisurely build
process.   

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:38 AM
To: Randy Hicks
Cc: Healey List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Fake BMIHT Certificates

Never seen one--I've got 2 BMIHT certs, one for my BJ8 and one for our
100M--with a photo.  Also, the 'built for James 
Bond' stuff doesn't smell right.

Are there different types of certs?  Are they sending them with photos now?
If not, that's not what I'd even call a 
fake cert, that is a complete fabrication; someone's fantasy of what a cert
would look like (although the logo appears 
correct; think the ones on my certs are gold embossed, though).


Bib