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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Healeys were not built by "model year", which is a USA concept. Most of the world considers the "year" of a car the calendar year in which it was actually built. In the USA, a car is registered according to "model year", which can be different from the calendar year of build. Any car built in calendar year 1963, but sold close enough to the "new model year" beginning in September/October 1963 or afterward could have been first registered by the DMV as a 1964 car.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>I know of several people who have had trouble registering ex-California BJ8s because the DMV there had a policy of adding the two-digit "year of manufacture" to the beginning of the factory VIN on the registration and title documents (e.g., 67HBJ8L/38726). On export of the car out of California, the new owner encountered static from the receiving DMV because the paperwork didn't match the number on the VIN plate exactly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>I bet that the CHP have no idea what the difference is between a convertible and a roadster, but they know they are different words.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Steve Byers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>HBJ8L/36666<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>BJ8 Registry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>AHCA Delegate at Large<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Havelock, NC USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Friday, March 13, 2015 11:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bob Spidell; jerry wall<br><b>Cc:</b> healeys<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Article<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'>So yes this car could be a Factory 100M or a 100 M LeMans Kit installation. And I am sure there is no chance that someone has got the year of the car wrong somewhere. The amount of cars I see the are one year acording the the DMV records and when you look up the VIN numbers its another year. I recently had a 64 BJ7 in the shop according to the owner who had recently purchased the car. When you look at the registration it was first sold in February of 64 so the DMV listed it as a 64 not a 63.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'>Also have a TR3 in the shop that is having problems with getting a California registration. The car came from Colorado where they showed the car as a Convertible, when the CHP did a VIN verification they listed it as a Roadster. So California will not accept the verification. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'>Don’t figure.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century","serif";color:black'>David Nock<br><a href="mailto:healeydoc@sbcglobal.net">healeydoc@sbcglobal.net</a><br>209 948 8767<br><a href="http://www.britishcarspecialists.com">www.britishcarspecialists.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>