[Healeys] Registry

[BJ8 Healeys]

Rudy, the healeydata.com site is "owned" by Roger Los, who created the
original austinhealey.com website back in the '90s, and which was the
primary inspiration for me to become the BJ8 registrar.  The old website
still exists, but has not been maintained in years.  The disclaimer at the
bottom of the healeydata.com homepage does not say that the healeydata.com
site is owned by nor is it the same as Nanjing Automotive in China.  If I'm
not mistaken, the Healey family ceded the rights to the name and logos to a
company that eventually was absorbed into Nanjing Automotive, which means
that Nanjing has the rights to the name Healey (and I presume also,
Austin-Healey), which the statement is trying to convey.

Healeydata.com is a very good site for Healey data, but there are some
issues I have with it.  I have frequently heard from BJ8 owners that they
thought they had already "registered" their BJ8 because they put it on
healeydata.com.  The website is completely passive and merely collects the
data that people voluntarily submit to it.  It does not use it for anything,
for example for the benefit of individual owners, as do the registries.  I'm
afraid that having multiple places where people can input the data for their
cars only dilutes the effort to identify and catalog the details of the cars
and their histories.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA

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I had never heard of this site (Healeydata.com) and see that it is indeed
listed as Nanjing Automotive in China.  I never share any data without the
owner's permission and would avoid this site.
 
Rudy Streng
100/Six Registrar