<html><head></head><body><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" class="ydpafbdc6fbyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div>I remember these from the early Sixties, in fact if anyone has any copies of 'Motor Sport" from that time, a quick scan of the back pages where the small ads are will yield any number for sale.<br><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">I have always thought them a particularly handsome car, but i don't recall Healeys being the "platform" of choice, that was usually a distinctly downmarket tumbril of a Ford Ten or Austin ditto. I seem to recall that it was produced to compete with Peerless, Elva and suchlike fibreglass creations, as were the plethora of imitators from that time.<br><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br><div>Being SERIOUSLY pedantic for a moment, I always cringe when I hear our American chums pronounce "coupế" as "koop", which is the correct pronunciation of "coupe" meaning "cup", rather than "coopay' meaning "cut"which in automotive styling terms makes much more sense. The little accent over the letter "e" is the dead giveaway.<br></div></div></div></div></div><div></div>
<div><br></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><br><div>Back to the library I go!<br></div></div>
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On Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 18:19:33 GMT-7, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
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<p>To me, a roadster is a strict two-seater without roll-up windows
and a hood that has to be erected (or assembled if your prefer).
Everything else can be called whatever anybody wants (like a
certain German company who sells 'coupes' that are really sedans
with a sloping roofline). My BN2/100M is a roadster, my BJ8 is a
2+2 convertible (my Mustang is a 2+2 coupe whose back seats are
even less useful than my BJ8's). Of course, your mileage may
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<p>And, since we're being pedantic there is no such thing as an
'Austin-Healey 100-4.'<br clear="none">
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<p>Bob<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv1851404286yqt0348398036" id="yiv1851404286yqtfd44595"><div class="yiv1851404286moz-cite-prefix">On 8/7/2019 2:30 PM, Keith Pennell
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<div style="color:black;font:10pt arial;">Well, not by my
understanding. By Webster the 100-4 and BN6 and BN7
would be roadsters. So what would you call all the
other models - convertibles? Whether roadster or
convertible had nothing to do with the number of seats
for a big Healey. Roadsters had a removable top with
frame (100-4, BN4, BN6, BN7) and convertibles had the
top frame attached to the car (BJ7, BJ8). My .02<br clear="none">
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From: Bob Spidell <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1851404286moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br clear="none">
To: Keith Pennell <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1851404286moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:llennep@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:llennep@verizon.net"><llennep@verizon.net></a>;
healeys <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1851404286moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br clear="none">
Sent: Wed, Aug 7, 2019 12:16 pm<br clear="none">
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Jamaican<br clear="none">
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<div>I always thought the 'roadsters'--mainly,
the 'N' series--were two-seaters (by
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<div>Where are the back seats in a BNX?</div>
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<div>Not sure what you mean by the 2+2s.
The convertibles and roadsters are both
2+2.</div>
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From: Bob Spidell <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1851404286moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br clear="none">
To: healeys <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1851404286moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br clear="none">
Sent: Wed, Aug 7, 2019 10:44 am<br clear="none">
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<div dir="ltr">Just happened to stumble
across this today:<br clear="none">
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<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-austin-healey-3000-bt7-4-seat-roadster-13/">https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-austin-healey-3000-bt7-4-seat-roadster-13/</a><br clear="none">
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Seems to be a real price delta between
roadsters and 2+2s<br clear="none">
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On 8/7/2019 1:59 AM, Peter Dzwig
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> I must say, I'd never heard of
one before. Looks very pretty and
sounds<br clear="none">
> to have been well and truly
sorted. Like the Miura-like style, but
I'd<br clear="none">
> rather have the real thing
(Miura) - sorry I know that's anathema
here :-)<br clear="none">
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> As for price: It has a decent
history, it would appear to have had a
lot<br clear="none">
> of work done by people who really
know what they are doing and has a<br clear="none">
> racing pedigree and is
HRDC-registered. It's probably
eligible for a lot<br clear="none">
> of historic events.<br clear="none">
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> That being said a properly sorted
Healey of similar vintage is getting<br clear="none">
> to be quite expensive over here:<br clear="none">
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> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://rawlesmotorsport.co.uk/CarSales/austin-healey-3000-mkii-bn7-centre-change-2/">https://rawlesmotorsport.co.uk/CarSales/austin-healey-3000-mkii-bn7-centre-change-2/</a><br clear="none">
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> Conclusion: It's over-priced but
possibly not by that much. I would<br clear="none">
> guess by about £10k. What
distinguishes it is what has been done
to it<br clear="none">
> and it's proven performance and
competitiveness.<br clear="none">
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> The other thing of course is that
if you are going to race it, you'd<br clear="none">
> better have enough spare cash to
be able to rebuild whatever you break!<br clear="none">
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> As a matter of interest would the
Mk1 register accept it? or for that<br clear="none">
> matter AHCUK HDI?<br clear="none">
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> Peter<br clear="none">
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> On 06/08/2019 18:01, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>
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>> See:-<br clear="none">
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>> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-Austin-Healey-3000-Mk1-Jamaican-Historic-Race-Car-285bhp/183909256707?hash=item2ad1d88e03:g:~YwAAOSwWkddRoH8">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1959-Austin-Healey-3000-Mk1-Jamaican-Historic-Race-Car-285bhp/183909256707?hash=item2ad1d88e03:g:~YwAAOSwWkddRoH8</a><br clear="none">
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>> Looks OK if you like that
sort of thing.<br clear="none">
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>> Strange name for a car?<br clear="none">
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>> Simon<br clear="none">
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