[Healeys] BJ7 or BJ8

[i erbs]

I was looking for a TR3 when I found my Healey. Would still like to own
one. Not going to happen any time in the near future.  Still trying to fond
time to work on a 67 MGB I bought last year.


Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
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          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Robert Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ira:
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> I bought my 67- BJ8 in 1979 and paid the owner $3200.00 because I knew her
> and the car.  They had bought it new, It was not perfect as they had driven
> it for 8 of the 10 years.  Her ex-husband took better car of the Healey
> than her!   I cleaned it up, gave it a tune up, new Michelin tires and
> drove it for 20 years until I had a frame on restoration.  The engine still
> was in great running condition when I rebuilt it last year. I think my
> purchase was a great value.  I agree with you that cars in poor condition
> at that time were going for a few hundred dollars, especially in from
> recent college grads or others who drove the into the ground and never
> learned how to take care of them or any other car.  I should have bought a
> TR3 in the 80-90’s because their value stayed low for years and the they
> were discovered.
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> Bob Begani
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