[Healeys] Fwd: Grace, and the barn find 100 at PB

[Bob Spidell]

"Why should they?"

Appears to (nearly) double the 'value' of a 100.


On 10/19/2016 1:37 AM, John Harper wrote:
> Bob
>
> Early offerings by the Donald Healey Company for a Le Mans upgrade did 
> not include the louvred bonnet and strap. Why should they? the two 
> cars raced at Le Mans did not have them and owners were asking for 
> their cars to be the same.
>
> However to reduce the under bonnet heat Roger Menedue told he that 
> they just unlatched the rear of the bonnet and fitted a lump of wood. 
> If you look at  the photos you will see that on the race cars the 
> bonnet is slightly open at the rear.
>
> Best regards
>
> On 19 October 2016 at 03:28, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net 
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Needs a louvred bonnet with a leather strap!
>
>
>     On 10/18/2016 6:54 AM, HealeyRick wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     Gullwing might want to check their price against this restored
>>     BN2 that didn't meet reserve on BaT at $46,750:
>>     http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1956-12-30-1955-build-austin-healey-bn2/
>>     <http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1956-12-30-1955-build-austin-healey-bn2/>
>>      Seller hinted reserve was about $60k.
>>
>>     Rick Neville
>>
>>     On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 1:57 PM, David Nock BCS
>>     <healeydoc at sbcglobal.net <mailto:healeydoc at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         So at $49,500.00 what does that do to the values of for
>>         example the BN1 driver that we are restoring right now. It is
>>         a pre production  100 M BN1 that was modified at Warwick
>>         prior to the BN2 coming out.
>>         David Nock
>>         British Car Specialists
>>         209-948-8767 <tel:209-948-8767>
>>         www.britishcarspecialists.com
>>         <http://www.britishcarspecialists.com>
>>         *From:* Jean Caron
>>         <mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com>
>>         *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 5:40 AM
>>         *To:* Bob Haskell <mailto:rchaskell at earthlink.net> ; Healey
>>         List <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
>>         *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Grace, and the barn find 100 at PB
>>
>>         I simply cannot see this car being worth more than half what
>>         they got for it at the auction. It does not make sense, I
>>         don't care whether they found it in a barn, an alleyway or in
>>         the back of a garage somewhere. It's just an old neglected car.
>>
>>         Jean
>>
>>
>>
>>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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