[Healeys] BJ8 on Bring A Trailer

[Jean Caron]

While this car had a pretty nice and bright paint, the engine bay appeared to have been left somewhat untouched, no cold air hose, old wiring harness still in place with electrical tape in places and many detailing pieces just painted body colour. The interior was either original or looking pretty tired judging by the seats its piping and the carpets.

Perhaps the price was a little on the low side and a reserve is always a good idea, however it is also possible that the owner was satisfied with the price it brought.


Jean


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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com>
Sent: November 6, 2016 10:42 PM
To: BJ8Healeys
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 on Bring A Trailer

$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?
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1967 Austin Healey 3000 | Bring a Trailer<http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-austin-healey-3000-mk-iii/>
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This 1967 Austin Healey 3000 Mk III was partially restored about five years ago by the previous owner in Montreal, and the work appears to have been done to a fairly ...


Rick Neville

On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 8:22 AM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com<mailto: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<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-/331747112049?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<mailto: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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