[Healeys] Number of Center-change BN7s

[HealeyRick]

When men stopped being real men:

[image: austin healey 1965 3000 mk II.jpg]

Healthy Healeying,
Rick Neville

On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 11:59 AM Richard Collins <gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I recall back in the late fifties and early 60’s when I worked for Ed
> Bussey and BMC in south Florida
> the intro of 4 seaters and roll up windows were claimed to be the end of
> the true sports car era !
> Regards,
> Richard C
> BN7 #440 (center shift wO/D ...now)
>
> On Jun 21, 2020, at 10:44, Robert Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> My two kids fit very nicely in my BJ8 30 plus years ago.  And, their
> children fit nicely in it a few years ago.  My they do grow out of clothes
> and the back seat of a Healey.
>
>
>
> Bob Begani
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Bob
> Spidell
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 21, 2020 10:38 AM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Number of Center-change BN7s
>
>
>
> My observation is that the 2-seat roadsters have gained popularity--hence
> value--now that very few Healeys are used as daily drivers.  This because
> they are considered the 'pure' sports cars (often shilled as such on
> auction and dealer ads). The backseat in my BJ8 rarely gets used for
> anything except as a luggage tray.
>
> Bob
>
> On 6/21/2020 4:18 AM, HealeyRick wrote:
>
> Thanks to all who contributed to trying to solve another Healey unsolved
> mystery.  Funny how we look back on the early iterations of the marque as
> being preferred when so often they were discontinued because of lack of
> sales.  Look at the bugeye/frogeye for instance.  The +2 cars became
> popular as growing families needed "room for the tads" as one Healey advert
> said.  And at a time when Heleys were not just weekend cars but the sole
> means of transport of lots of young people it would be hard to compete with
> the MGB and TR4 without roll-up windows and a convertible top.  But rarity
> now rules.  His the BN7 that started my question, certainly more value than
> a BT7:
> https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/es20/the-european-sale-featuring-the-petitjean-collection/lots/r0061-1961-austin-healey-3000-mk-ii-bn7/856437
>
>
>
> Healthy Healeying,
>
> Rick Neville
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 3:18 PM Jean Caron <
> vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Josef,
>
> Exactly, they were no longer selling, thus the low number. Somehow, at
> some point, someone mentioned how few were made, and for some reason beyond
> common sense,  these cars became sought after.
>
>
>
> Jean
>
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