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<DIV>I bought a 1932 three-window Plymouth Coupe back in 1952.
Swapped out the old four-banger for a Ford V8 flathead from the wrecking yard
(they weren/t called "dismantlers" back then). I was lucky. The
guy that bought it from me in 1955 must not have noticed 'cause
he bought it without any suspicion and the authorities have not been
knocking on my door - yet. </DIV>
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<DIV>Speaking of broken records (see Greg, below), maybe it is time for me to
reveal my family history, another non-Healey subject. My mother was a
broken record; my father was a broken record; but I'm alright, I'm alright,
I'm alright, I'm alright,...........</DIV>
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<DIV>(I miss Friday Funnies)</DIV>
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<DIV>(The Other) Len<BR>Fairfield, CA, USA<BR>1967 AH 3000 MkIII,
HBJ8L39031</DIV>
<DIV> + 86 = 215,626 miles</DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: <<A
href="mailto:glemon@neb.rr.com">glemon@neb.rr.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</A>>; "Oudesluys"
<<A href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl">coudesluijs@chello.nl</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2017 6:21 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [Healeys] RE vin plates on ebay</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>>I don't have a dog in this fight and I usually try to be more like Kees
and often try to either stay out of things or even try to keep the peace, but I
am also advancing into my old opinionated man stage of life so here
goes.<BR>> <BR>> Josef, if you can't distinguish the difference someone
swapping out plates on a 100 to a 100M to make some fast and fraudulent bucks
and someone takes two cars to make one out of enthusiasm for a particular kind
of car and a desire to enjoy and have one one the road again, well, I was going
to throw out some kind of insult but I really don't have words.<BR>> <BR>>
There was, in my opinion, once a better time when we were most all just happy as
hell to own a car that looked good and ran well. Some were fortunate enough to
have such a car because it was new, or a well preserved and factory original,
others took parts from more than one car that was too far gone in one way, and
parts from another that was too far gone in another to make one decent car,
either out of a simple need to have something to drive, our out of a desire to
have a neat and desireable car we couldn't otherwise afford.<BR>> <BR>> If
people didnt have the love of cars needed to do this there would be a lot fewer
Healeys and other interesting old cars around today, they would have all gone to
the scrapper.<BR>> <BR>> Your opinion that there is only one "right way"
to do things regarding cars that you express all the time is really getting to
be like a bad record that is skipping and playing the same song over and over
again.<BR>> <BR>> PS, I also don't agree with you assessement of what is
not legal or illegal in a "constitutional democracy". In a constitutional
democracy a man should have the right to do what he wants with his own property
as long as he is not infringing on the safety and rights of others.<BR>>
<BR>> What you are describing as your version of eutopia is what I would call
a totalitarian state.<BR>> <BR>> </DIV></BODY></HTML>