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I'm too lazy to count my earthly rotations, but I look at my life to
date as: BAH and AAH* (roughly evenly split). When I bought my BJ8 I
rediscovered my love of cars--dormant since my teenage years--and
with my father's tutelage began to acquire my (meager) mechanical
skills. After my dad started helping me with my car--and drove it
600 miles over two days to 'break in the engine'--he decided he
didn't dislike 'foreign cars' after all and, all on his own found
and bought our BN2/100M, which we restored together over 10 years
(while he fought two bouts with cancer). My son--who just finished a
260-day tour on a Navy cruiser on the South China Sea--helped a
little, but hasn't yet 'caught the bug,' but enjoyed taking a couple
long road trips with his old man. My annual road trips with my BFF
were usually the highlights of my solar orbits.<br>
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We lost Dad two years ago this December at 87 years-old, he'd hoped
to make it to 90 because "It's a nice round number." You'll have to
excuse me, I seem to have gotten some wildfire smoke in my eyes.<br>
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Bob<br>
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* 'Before Austin-Healey' and 'After Austin-Healey'<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/19/2020 8:08 AM, i erbs via
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<div dir="auto">23464 days
<div dir="auto">Bought my Healey in 1975.</div>
<div dir="auto">Many other LBCs as well, but the Healey is along
for the full ride and then on to my kids. </div>
<div dir="auto">I am happy that so many of you have been riding
with me these many days.</div>
<div dir="auto">Good health to us all </div>
<div dir="auto">And happy Birthday Perry.<br>
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<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Ira Erbs<br>
1959 AH 100-6<br>
1967 MGB<br>
Milwaukie, OR</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:46 AM
James Richmond via Healeys <<a
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Congratulations
Perry. I have past 30,000 trips around the sun - specially
30223. My first Healey was purchased used in 1966. It was a
1964 Sprite.<br>
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Jim<br>
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