[Healeys] 100M on BAT

Mon Sep 4 01:11:19 MDT 2023

My personal view is, cars of the 50/60s are becomming more and more 
collectors cars and no more drivers cars. Pricewise its getting important 
to have the car in unmodified order, original spec, original colour, etc. 
In todays traffic its not nice to drive an Austin-Healey on motorways or 
long distances with heavy traffic inbetween. The collectors, I do not say 
drivers anymore, are in pensioners age. Most younger people have no 
emotional relation to cars. A car is just a way of commuting, but better to 
use public transport. I see it with my daughter. She has no relation 
whatsoever with cars. She drives when she must, but uses alternartives when 
they are given.
I see it with me. When I go to an Austin-Healey event or weekend, I load 
the Healey on the trailer and bring it to the event. Its fun to drive it 
there, but I really don`t like at all to drive my Austin-Healeys over long 
distances. So I can keep it/them in good original shape. here its really a 
nightmare to go with a classic car on roads through central Europe from one 
congestion to the next.
For holidays meanwhile we have a Mazda MX-5, which gives same or even more 
fun to drive on todays traffic. And it hase all the safety gadgets like 
airbags, ertc. and the engine is a dream. It revs up from 2000 to 7000 rpm, 
just pulling.
So my personal view is, original classic cars may keep their value (not 
sure if I am right), but modified ones will loose a lot. They lost their 
classic appearance and even cannot cope with today`s traffic. The original 
parts are gone, and replaced by Chinese tableware.
I think most important is to keep the original look with all the 
chromeware, right colours for paint and trim and keep the car as they were 
sold in the 50/60s. Time will tell, if I am right.

Josef Eckert
Germany

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Betreff: Re: [Healeys] 100M on BAT
Datum: 2023-09-04T05:51:34+0200
Von: "Perry Small via Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
An: "HealeyRick" <healeyrik at gmail.com>

Listers 
As someone wrote in a song several decades ago there is a time. 

A time to buy and a time sell. A time gather parts and a time to give them 
away. I time to gift a grandson, with your 53 Chevy truck. 

A time to part with a BN2, that you have cherished for 58 years , a time to 
wonder what to do, with the yellow modified, 
Time , time, time……
Perry- who is getting old

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    On Sep 3, 2023, at 6:08 PM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote:

    Strange, I made a comment on BaT earlier today stating that it was
    Bill's car, Registrar of the Worldwide 100M LeMans Registry with
    nothing further and it was removed from the comments. There's also no
    other reference in the description of the car referencing it as
    Bill's.although there are some pictures of him.

    Rick Neville, aka "HealeyRick"

    On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 9:27 AM Bob Haskell via Healeys <
    healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:
      Looks like Bill Meade's 100M is on BAT now.

      <https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1956-austin-healey-100m-bn2-roadster-25/>

      --
      Bob Haskell
      Austin-Healey 3000 roadster registrar

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