<html><div>As I understand, and Randy can verify, the factory "M" had a unique body number stamping which would be difficult to 'counterfeit'. I am aware of a gentleman in Florida, who has purchased original "M" parts from me with, I believe, the intention of counterfeiting an original. <br><br>---------- Original Message ----------<br>From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br>To: Randall Hicks <healey100m@me.com><br>Cc: Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net><br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] 1956 Austin-Healey 100M<br>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 06:38:44 -0700<br><br></p>
<p>Odd choice of color change, IMO. Black/red is a rarer combination for an M (though it wouldn't be my favorite). If I was going to go with a non-original scheme, I'd go with Florida Green over white, which I think is absolutely stunning (and shows in some of the selling prices I've seen).</p>
<p>Any chance this is a 'counterfeit;' i.e. one of the cars where the BMIHT cert was 'shopped' by an unscrupulous restorer (there was an infamous case where someone submitted a series of VINs, looking for one with the 'shipped with louvred bonnet' comment). As I mentioned, one level of '100M Registry' certification only requires the BMIHT cert.</p>
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<div class=""><span class="" style="caret-color: #000000; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">As I understand it, as early as autumn 1953 "Le Mans modifications" and “Special Tuning equipment"</span><span style="caret-color: #000000; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>parts</span><span class="" style="caret-color: #000000; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>were available from the DHMC. These could be bought outright, through dealers or DHMC installed. According to Piggott’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="caret-color: #000000; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Austin-Healey 100 in Detail</span><span class="" style="caret-color: #000000; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">, the P280 Le Mans Kit (as a complete package) was released in October 1955. If others have documentation showing different, I would be very interested is seeing it.</span>
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<div class="" style="caret-color: #000000; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Secondly, OEW duotone 100M were only done in OEW/Black with Black trim. There was no OEW/Lobella with blue trim as a standard factory option for the 100M. However, remember that 100’s could be ordered in special color or primer.</div>
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