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<p>Well, Charlie--the original poster--asked "Can the experts on the
list critique this car?" And we--I'm not an expert, but my dad
and I did a frame-off on one, so I have a few clues--did just
that.</p>
<p>I doubt there's anyone on this list who doesn't know what goes on
at the 'glamor' auctions. I went straight to the gallery, but I
didn't see any reference to this car being auctioned; it looks
like it's targeted for a private sale, and the asking isn't
terribly out of line. If Charlie's interested--or looking for a
friend--this car has been 'pre-picked apart.'<br>
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<p>Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/2/2018 11:44 AM, Michael MacLean
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533233842278_16469" dir="ltr"><span
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533233842278_16470">I think you are
all missing the point here. This car is not going not be
bought by any Healey expert. It is not even aimed at us.
The person that buys this car will be looking at it as an
investment. He probably will be buying his first Healey.
Unless he has a Healey expert inspect the car first, he is
going to be surprised at the first Healey event he attends
when they pick the car apart. A recently deceased Healey
restorer friend of mine that sold four 100M cars at auction
houses like Barret-Jackson and RM auctions constantly would
regale me with stories of Healey "experts" picking his
restoration apart before the auction with no intention or
resources to buy the car. My friend used to complain about
these Healey "experts" mouthing off about what is wrong with
the car such as it being over restored. My friend used to
chrome some small parts that would take the most wear such
as the bracket that the hood prop fit into when you open the
bonnet because the paint would be scratched almost
immediately the first time it was used. He used to get
grief over little things like that. The fact is most of
the "real" buyers of his cars knew nothing about Healeys.
Most of them had been drinking all day before the auction
started and the auction house facilitated this on a regular
basis. Despite his "over restored' method of producing
these cars he would regularly pull in up to $250K on his
100M restorations. He also was the only restorer at the
auction that would guarantee his cars mechanically for one
year after purchase and traveled to Florida one time to
"fix" a car that a woman bought just to impress guests that
were coming from England. She had had trouble starting the
car. When he got there he had to explain how the manual
choke worked and the car started first time. These are the
people that buy these cars. Lots of money and no interest
in knowing the finer points of our cars. It's just a nice
shiny object that they want. Unfortunately this is typical
of the majority of auction customers. Hence the over
inflated prices of our cars that most of us could never get
or or try with a good conscience to. OK, off my soap box
for now. You guys can go back to the finer points to argue.
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