[Healeys] Barn Find

Thu Jan 7 12:53:52 MST 2016

Ira,

Thanks for posting,

First thoughts, following on from an earlier comment today being, that there isn’t even a speedometer or tachometer to rebuild,

Things were a little more interesting at the engine bay photo –  a rusted out tri-carb bay – “I recognise that, thought I”

Well the Heritage certificate made me look twice ; Same colour, same build date, same Key No, same set of Factory Fitted Equipment as “my” car.  

The differences, this one was 19 different on the chassis number, 8 different on the body number  and 3 different on the engine number.  It was shipped the day before and it went to Detroit rather than L.A.

Oh, and my one had a bit more of the original metal left on.

Andy

PS.

Attached is a pic as bought (AAH 1 – with some very poor repairs by a PO who had started a restoration and which had to be completely undone !!!) and as now 3 years later. .... still a long way to go 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: 07 January 2016 18:08
To: goldengt at cal.net
Cc: healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Barn Find

Take a look at this beauty

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/classifieds/classic-cars/austin-healey/3000/austin-healey-3000/3325115

Ira Erbs

Portland,OR

1959 BN4 100-6

with BT7 engine and disk brakes.

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 8:37 AM, <goldengt at cal.net> wrote:

Interesting, but before trying to obtain it, I would try to verify it isn't a stolen US car.

Ken Freese

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From: "Corning, Dan (D.C.)" <dcorning at ford.com>
To: "healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 11:44:00 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Barn Find

Hello,

I used to be on the Healey list several years ago and I dropped off after my 1962 BT7 restoration project went into hibernation.  I recently signed back on to the list when the restoration project re-awakened.  I look forward to seeing the Healey discussions as I move forward, especially those related to restoration of the 3000’s.

Another reason I signed back onto the list is because I wanted to share something I found rather exciting; a 1959 BT7 “BARN FIND”.  This has never happened to me before and I almost couldn’t believe it when I saw it!  I was down in Mexico on a mission trip with my church.  We were driving down a gravel road in the middle of nowhere and I saw it sitting in an old garage well away from the road.  I made them stop the van and I ran to take pictures.  I don’t know about the rules for attaching photos on the list but hopefully it’s not a problem.  I have several photos but only attached one that I compressed to less than 300 kb.  (Can someone tell me the rules regarding this?)  Anyway, although the car looks like it has been sitting for many years it’s complete and very restorable.  I’m trying to find a way to contact the owner to see if he wants to sell it.  I also need to check into the rules for importing antique vehicles from Mexico.  Lastly, I need to find a reliable resource for calculating the value of an unrestored car.

Thanks, 
Dan Corning

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