<div dir="ltr">Having rebuilt a BN1 and BN2; I personally would not take this project on.  If money is no object, then one still has the problem of finding rare parts. There is a lot missing if one only looks at parts laid out.<div><br></div><div>If one is looking for a return on one's investment then selling the rare parts would be a better bet.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 08:36, <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-3637761077169530939WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I admire you guys who take on such a restoration. I have had a difficult time keeping my BJ8 running well and 2 old sailboats.  Right now I have had to search the internet for a wet exhaust manual for a 40 year old Yanmar diesel engine.  Finally, found one in Malaysia. So maybe I can keep a 40 year old sailboat operating.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Bob Begani<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Steele<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 6, 2020 1:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'HealeyRick' <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>>; 'Richard Collins' <<a href="mailto:gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] A rusty mess with a VIN #<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">For the next, oh, I don’t know, 4 or 5 winters?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Bruce Steele<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Brea, CA<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">1960 BN7<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>HealeyRick<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 05, 2020 6:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Richard Collins <<a href="mailto:gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] A rusty mess with a VIN #<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">"A great winter project"  seems like the height of optimism.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Healthy Healeying,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Rick Neville<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div id="gmail-m_-3637761077169530939DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(211,212,222)"><tbody><tr><td width="55" style="width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt 0.75pt 0.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="46" height="29" style="width: 0.4833in; height: 0.3in;" id="gmail-m_-3637761077169530939_x0000_i1026" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="470" style="width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9pt 0.75pt 0.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(65,66,78)">Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(68,83,234)">www.avast.com</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 8:46 PM Richard Collins <<a href="mailto:gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">From a friend out east;<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">FYI only<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_-3637761077169530939gmail-m_5174714468642452869Signature"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>Richard of KY<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">BN7 #440<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="gmail-m_-3637761077169530939gmail-m_5174714468642452869divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/d/ashton-1955-austin-healey-bn1-project/7208216437.html" target="_blank">https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/d/ashton-1955-austin-healey-bn1-project/7208216437.html</a> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation  $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyrik@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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