[Healeys] "100-M" for sale

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Re my editorial in the last issue of Austin-Healey Magazine. There is a 
group of high-end enthusiast/investors who love buying the best stuff so they 
can show it off to their friends and brag about it. Clearly, Vallon thinks 
he's got something that will appeal to that crowd. Unfortunately, anyone with 
that much money usually has a good collection adviser who will look at this 
one, maybe ask a few Healey specialists for their opinions, and then advise 
his client strongly not to touch this. My perception of Vallon is that he 
doesn't always do his homework, but then touts stuff as if it was the real 
thing.

BTW, did anyone notice that this car doesn't even have a cold air box? I'd 
be willing to bet that most of the real 100M stuff is long since gone from 
this car, and that the numbers may not even match. Love to get a chance to 
look underneath one of the cockpit surround rails to see what numbers are 
actually under there.

G.