[Healeys] It's time to let it go

[Christopher Moog]

What is this a running theme. I purchased a BJ7 in the mid 1990s. 
Started restoring. Moved several times. When I retrieved it from a 
rental garage (four years ago after having stored it five years) the 
interior had been stolen. It was in separate boxes waiting for me to 
finish the body. So now I have no seats, carpets, door cards or interior 
trim. It was all leather and worth several grand. That took the steam 
out of me finishing the car.

I'm retiring this spring so I hope to put the time (and money) into get 
it done. Well see if this happens or if I too end up selling and 
enjoying a different car. Though I could give it to a 20 something 
nephew has the skill to finish it. He is not yet shown interest in 
something like that, he's more into mid-80s pick-up trucks. But tastes 
change.

Good luck with the paring down of projects. Life gets shorter and we all 
have to decide what we want to spend our time doing. Driving a Bugeye is 
a lot more fun to most people than restoring a car.

On 10/14/2022 9:10 AM, Jim Ryan wrote:
> Sorry, fat fingered that last email.
>
> What I was going to say was how similar your story is to mine. I 
> bought a BJ 7 in 1974, never really fully restored it as I wanted to, 
> and neither of my son's wanted it. So I ended up selling it for what I 
> could get about four years ago and picked up a little Bugeye driver. I 
> still have it and in some ways enjoying it more than the big Healy.
>
> Anyway, what part of New Hampshire are you in? I'm on the Seacoast.
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 9:06 AM Jim Ryan <ryan at jimryan.com> wrote:
>
>     Hey Kent,
>
>
>
>     On Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:32 PM Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
>     wrote:
>
>         I've owned my 1956 100 since April of 1974. I bought it with
>         the intention of restoring it, but life has gotten in the way
>         and it is still waiting for my attention. It is with a heavy
>         heart that I've resigned myself to passing along the dream. 
>         Contact me off-list, subject line BN2, and I'll give you the
>         details. First detail: it is located in New Hampshire, USA.
>         The list has first dibs; if it doesn't sell here, it goes to eBay.
>
>         Kent McLean
>         '56 100 and '60 Bugeye
>
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