[Healeys] Fwd: Interesting comment from a dealer

[J. Armour]

There are two points that come to mind way down here in Australia;
1. Registries are operated by volunteers and we should be gratefull for
their work. I imagine the more people who contribute the more enthusied the
maintainer remains and we should be supportive.
2. Why do owners who have a genuine interest in the world of Healeys limit
their membership to one club/magazine? It has taken me many years and
subscriptions to learn as much as I have. Privileged to own two ex-works
Healeys ( I started when I was 17 with no money but a BN.4 and a lot of
enthusiam) I started when there was almost nothing documented about
lightweight 3000 circuit racers and even less about streamlined Sprites. It
was a constant scanning of different club magazines that slowly filled in
the gaps as each membership had its own 'specialist' that had collected a
few gems of information.
The internet has been an absolute boost in the sharing of Healey information
and history
Well done Steve who is always quick to provide information to clarify issues
based on his records at the same time protecting the privacy of owners.

Joe ­ non standard BJ.8 that did not appear on the Heritage list and
subsquently returned my money along with a letter from Geoff Healey stating
it 'was what it is' or is that 'it is what it was'


From:  Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Jean Caron
<vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com>
Date:  Sunday, 7 February 2016 1:39 PM
To:  BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com>, 'Healey List' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject:  Re: [Healeys] Fwd:  Interesting comment from a dealer

Steve,

Most if not all of these registries are listed in the Austin-Healey Club USA
Resource Book as well.

Some of the ones listed in Healey Marque are listed as AHCA registries and
not everyone belong or want to belong to the AHCA and therein lies one
problem in my opinion. All of these registries should be totally independent
of any Clubs much like the Worldwide 100M Registry. I agree that they should
be supported by all Austin-Healey Clubs worldwide but independent of any of
them. 

I have a 100-6 BN6 and it has been registered with the 100-6 Registry for
years but I never hear anything about that  Registry.

The only one I ever hear anything about is the BJ8 one, the one you run, the
Worldwide 100M and I used to hear about the 100 Registry when it was run
jointly by Rich Chrysler and John ??? from the UK but had not heard about it
until Randy posted a message a couple days ago.



Jean



From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of BJ8Healeys
<sbyers at ec.rr.com>
Sent: February 6, 2016 7:55 PM
To: 'Healey List'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Interesting comment from a dealer
 
All of the registries and contact information for the registrars are listed
in Healey Marque.  Of course, not everyone is a member of AHCA and receives
the magazine.  As for the BJ8 Registry, I try as much as possible to
publicize the registry in as many ways as possible, including participating
on this list and on the British Car Forum, having links to the BJ8 Registry
hosted on several Healey-related websites, etc.  I think a lot of owners
have little idea what a registry is and does -- or they think they do and
they are wrong; and even if they are aware of them they don't make the
effort to contact the registrar to find out what the registry can do for
them.

I gave a presentation about the BJ8 Registry at Enclave last summer, but
that was sort of preaching to the choir.  It was the people who didn't
attend that needed to hear the message.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  USA

 

 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Sims
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 12:51 PM
To: 'Randy Hicks'; 'Healey List'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Interesting comment from a dealer

 

BUT, if they have no idea that the registries exist ­ newbies to the marque,
for example -- then we are back to square one.

 

John Sims

Aberdeen, NJ

 

www.healey6.com <http://www.healey6.com>

 


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