[Healeys] RE vin plates on ebay

[John Spaur]

Isn’t the original plate always kept with the car?  :‑O

 

John S

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of carroll phillips
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 4:10 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] RE vin plates on ebay

 

Guys, If you do have your I.D. tags re stamped because of originals are not up to the new restoration look ect.
save the old ones and keep them in a safe place. A few years ago at the Bonhams Auction at the Greenwich Conn, Concours, I heard the Conn.. State Police were looking into just that and wanted proof of the original plate if there was a new stamped one on the car. I also had an XKE coupe I restored at the shop, customer wanted the plate re newed ( stamped) for concours showing, had Todd Clarke do it ( fantastic job) Told the owner to keep original and he lost it ( never found it either) He went to sell the car and could have gotten a high dollar amount right from the first buyer , but they demanded the original plate as proof of originality. He lost the sale to that prospective buyer.So keep the original plates !

Carroll Phillips

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