[Healeys] BJ8 on Bring A Trailer

[i erbs]

wow
someone got an amazing deal
I tried to get them to post my 87 Toyota Celica Convertible and they told
me my reserve of $1K was too high and they rejected it.
I only want $2K for the car

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 2:42 PM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:

> $35,750 sale. http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-austin-healey-
> 3000-mk-iii/  Don't think I'd want to list a car without a reserve these
> days.  Wonder if this is the new market or an aberration?
>
> Rick Neville
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 8:22 AM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> In addition to using the body plate from another car and missing its
>> engine serial number plate, some other features of the car make me doubt
>> that it is really 41060.  It has the two studs for the rear attachment of
>> seatbelts, rather than the single stud I would expect to see on a car as
>> late as 41060 (and which began to appear consistently around chassis
>> 37XXX).  The engine valve cover has the riveted metal plates, rather than
>> the typical stickers of cars with engines from around chassis 37XXX.
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve Byers
>>
>> HBJ8L/36666
>>
>> BJ8 Registry
>>
>> AHCA Delegate at Large
>>
>> Havelock, NC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* HealeyRick [mailto:healeyrik at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2016 8:10 PM
>> *To:* BJ8Healeys
>> *Cc:* Healeys
>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] BJ8 on Bring A Trailer
>>
>>
>>
>> Hard to believe they haven't changed the listing from a BJ7 to a BJ8
>> yet.  It was advertised in January for $53K US:
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Austin-Healey-3000-/3317471120
>> 49?nma=true&si=kQdRxGtx7FSQ4bqA%252B0FM3fnwPeI%253D&orig_
>> cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> If it matters to any potential buyer, the BJ8 is using a body number plate
>> from another car about ten thousand chassis numbers earlier than the VIN
>> claimed, and the engine serial number plate is missing.  The text says the
>> engine "is believed to be original", but with a missing tag there is no
>> way
>> to verify that, no matter what is "believed".
>>
>> Steve Byers
>> HBJ8L/36666
>> BJ8 Registry
>> AHCA Delegate at Large
>> Havelock, NC
>>
>>
>>
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