[Healeys] It's time to let it go

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Years ago a friends corvair convertible was stolen. When he got it back it
had been detailed, the top was fixed and it had a full tank of gas...

On Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 6:11 AM Jim Ryan via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Speaking of themes...
>
> That BJ 7 I bought in 1974 was stolen a week after I got it, no
> insurance.3 months later I had moved and was getting ready to go look at an
> MGB for sale when I thought I would give the Boston police one more call.
> They said they were glad to hear from me because they found the car a month
> ago, but because I had moved they had no way to get ahold of me. So I took
> a bus and hitched a ride out to Groton Massachusetts where I found it
> sitting at a gas station. Funny thing was,  it was also full of camping
> equipment, that wasn't there when it got stolen. Everything was in the car
> my tools, nick-nacks, the only thing that was damaged was the trunk lock
> and the ignition. I guess they would just turn the battery off to stop it,
> then turn it on to start it up.
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 12:02 PM Christopher Moog via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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