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I recall back in the late fifties and early 60’s when I worked for Ed Bussey and BMC in south Florida <br>
the intro of 4 seaters and roll up windows were claimed to be the end of the true sports car era !<br>
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<div>Richard C</div>
<div>BN7 #440 (center shift wO/D ...now)</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jun 21, 2020, at 10:44, Robert Begani <rfbegani@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
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of a Healey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Bob Spidell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 21, 2020 10:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Number of Center-change BN7s<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">My observation is that the 2-seat roadsters have gained popularity--hence value--now that very few Healeys are used as daily drivers. This because they are considered the 'pure' sports cars (often shilled as
such on auction and dealer ads). The backseat in my BJ8 rarely gets used for anything except as a luggage tray.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/21/2020 4:18 AM, HealeyRick wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to all who contributed to trying to solve another Healey unsolved mystery. Funny how we look back on the early iterations of the marque as being preferred when so often they were discontinued because of lack of sales. Look at the
bugeye/frogeye for instance. The +2 cars became popular as growing families needed "room for the tads" as one Healey advert said. And at a time when Heleys were not just weekend cars but the sole means of transport of lots of young people it would be hard
to compete with the MGB and TR4 without roll-up windows and a convertible top. But rarity now rules. His the BN7 that started my question, certainly more value than a BT7:
<a href="https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/es20/the-european-sale-featuring-the-petitjean-collection/lots/r0061-1961-austin-healey-3000-mk-ii-bn7/856437">
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/es20/the-european-sale-featuring-the-petitjean-collection/lots/r0061-1961-austin-healey-3000-mk-ii-bn7/856437</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rick Neville<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 3:18 PM Jean Caron <<a href="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com">vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-CA">Exactly, they were no longer selling, thus the low number. Somehow, at some point, someone mentioned how few were made, and for some reason beyond common sense,
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