[Healeys] follow up on emails of buyers

[richard mayor]

The last time I was at the Healey Museum in Holland, they had one of the Rolls Healeys on display.

Richard Mayor

> From: molony at dodo.com.au
> To: sbyers at ec.rr.com; Healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:51:22 +1100
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] follow up on emails of buyers
> 
> Steve
> 
> Not sure where you got your information from regarding the Rolls Healey 4000 
> being
> imported from North Carolina into Australia as to my knowledge there were 
> only 3 ever
> constructed with 2 still in England and one here in Australia
> 
> Unless another one has been imported recently the car restored by The Healey 
> Factory
> for the owners brother back in 2011/12 was originally imported into 
> Australia by Steve Pike
> of Marsh Classic Restorations in 1974 from the United Kingdom and has had 
> only two
> subsequent owners including Peter Rowland. Details of this car and its 
> recent restoration
> appear in an article in my local clubs magazine 'Hundreds and Thousands' in 
> July 2012
> 
> You will all know Steve from his Streamliner project car and his appearances 
> at Bonneville
> and more recently for his restoration of one of the original 100S - NOJ 393 
> which to my
> knowledge is still the most expensive Healey ever sold.
> 
> While there have been a large number of BJ8's imported into Australia over 
> the past few years
> ( We still have only approx. 300  hundred including my car according to 
> Patrick Quinn's records )
> and only 8 were originally imported this has now come to a grinding halt due 
> to the devaluation
> of the Australian $ which is only equivalent to about $0.75 US
> 
> In fact the worm has turned as a few days ago I was in at the Healey Factory 
> and they were
> converting a BN2 with some 100M add-ons  back to left hand drive for re 
> export to a buyer in the
> USA. Go figure that
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Graeme  Molony
> ( BJ8  29 yrs )
> Mt. Martha
> Aust.
> 
> Email; molony at dodo.com.au
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Max Byers
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:18 PM
> To: 'healeys'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] follow up on emails of buyers
> 
> There are dealers similar to Beverly Hills Car Club, Gullwing Motor Cars,
> etc. and individuals in countries such as The Netherlands
> (www.stolzeclassiccars.nl), France (www.themotorsgallery.com), Scandinavia,
> UK (www.murrayscott-nelson.com), and Australia that are importing the cars
> for sale.  From what I've seen, a high percentage of the BJ8s that are for
> sale on the dealer websites and on eBay turn up later in those places.
> While researching for this response, I learned that even the Rolls Healey
> 4000 that resided in North Carolina for a few years has now appeared at The
> Healey Factory in Melbourne.
> 
> Beverly Hills Car Club has made it a bit more difficult to track them lately
> because they have quit advertising the VINs of the cars they have for sale.
> Not surprising, after they lost that BJ8 to Bob Russell 42 years after it
> was stolen from him.
> 
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> AHCA Delegate at Large
> Havelock, NC  USA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Lachlan [mailto:simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 1:37 AM
> To: 'Max Byers'; 'healeys'
> Subject: RE: [Healeys] follow up on emails of buyers
> 
> Where are they going? I know that some go back to the UK......
> Simon
> 
> 
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