<div dir="auto">Years ago a friends corvair convertible was stolen. When he got it back it had been detailed, the top was fixed and it had a full tank of gas...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 6:11 AM Jim Ryan via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Speaking of themes...<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That BJ 7 I bought in 1974 was stolen a week after I got it, no insurance.3 months later I had moved and was getting ready to go look at an MGB for sale when I thought I would give the Boston police one more call. They said they were glad to hear from me because they found the car a month ago, but because I had moved they had no way to get ahold of me. So I took a bus and hitched a ride out to Groton Massachusetts where I found it sitting at a gas station. Funny thing was, it was also full of camping equipment, that wasn't there when it got stolen. Everything was in the car my tools, nick-nacks, the only thing that was damaged was the trunk lock and the ignition. I guess they would just turn the battery off to stop it, then turn it on to start it up.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 12:02 PM Christopher Moog via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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What is this a running theme. I purchased a BJ7 in the mid 1990s.
Started restoring. Moved several times. When I retrieved it from a
rental garage (four years ago after having stored it five years) the
interior had been stolen. It was in separate boxes waiting for me to
finish the body. So now I have no seats, carpets, door cards or
interior trim. It was all leather and worth several grand. That took
the steam out of me finishing the car. <br>
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I'm retiring this spring so I hope to put the time (and money) into
get it done. Well see if this happens or if I too end up selling and
enjoying a different car. Though I could give it to a 20 something
nephew has the skill to finish it. He is not yet shown interest in
something like that, he's more into mid-80s pick-up trucks. But
tastes change.<br>
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Good luck with the paring down of projects. Life gets shorter and we
all have to decide what we want to spend our time doing. Driving a
Bugeye is a lot more fun to most people than restoring a car.<br>
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<div dir="auto">Sorry, fat fingered that last email.
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<div dir="auto">What I was going to say was how similar your
story is to mine. I bought a BJ 7 in 1974, never really fully
restored it as I wanted to, and neither of my son's wanted it.
So I ended up selling it for what I could get about four years
ago and picked up a little Bugeye driver. I still have it and
in some ways enjoying it more than the big Healy.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Anyway, what part of New Hampshire are you in?
I'm on the Seacoast.</div>
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Jim Ryan <<a href="mailto:ryan@jimryan.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ryan@jimryan.com</a>>
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<div dir="auto">Hey Kent,
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've
owned my 1956 100 since April of 1974. I bought it with
the intention of restoring it, but life has gotten in the
way and it is still waiting for my attention. It is with a
heavy heart that I've resigned myself to passing along the
dream. Contact me off-list, subject line BN2, and I'll
give you the details. First detail: it is located in New
Hampshire, USA. The list has first dibs; if it doesn't
sell here, it goes to eBay.<br>
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Kent McLean<br>
'56 100 and '60 Bugeye<br>
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