[Healeys] New guy seeking advice

[BJ8Healeys]

I have to comment to this one.

Beverly Hills Car Club buys and sells a LOT of BJ8s.  Many of them (but
certainly not all) are in un-restored, rough condition and it seems most of
them next turn up in Europe or Australia.  Relative to Bob Russell's car,
the only thing they did wrong was to buy the car without checking first with
the BJ8 Registry to see if there was any record of it.  Had they done so,
they would have learned that it had been reported stolen in 1970 and never
recovered.

Bob Russell contacted me in 2006 to ask if I had any record of the car.  At
the time, I did not.  But with the information he provided, I entered it
into the registry.  When I saw it come up for sale on eBay by BHCC in 2012,
I notified Bob and he took it from there.  He was successful in getting the
car back primarily because he still had a copy of the police report of the
theft, and his title and keys.

There are several other cars in the registry reported as stolen.  One of
them also came up for sale on eBay a few years ago, but the registry record
was only that the notice had appeared in Chatter magazine years ago and said
that the car had been stolen in 1973 in New York City.  Call "Eric", with a
telephone number.  Unfortunately, with only a first name and a long-obsolete
telephone number to go on, there was no way to identify or notify "Eric".  

 

As someone already said, BHCC provides an unusual amount of photos for the
cars they have for sale, so they aren't trying to hide anything about them.
However, they used to include the VINs of the cars they have for sale in
their descriptions, but after losing the car to Bob Russell  they quit doing
that.  You have to ask for it now.   Wonder why so many dealers and
individuals are reluctant to identify the VINs of the cars they have for
sale?

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  

 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ed Reiss
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 2:42 PM
To: Healey list
Subject: [Healeys] New guy seeking advice

 

As far as Beverly Hills SC is concerned, they were the dealer involved in
this story

 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-man-reunites-car-42-years-stolen/story?id=167
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