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<p>Because many owners of classic cars regard their cars as an
investment (more or less) they tend to barely drive the car. Such
a pity. I two months ago I drove my Jensen-Healey to an event
around the Loire in France, organised by the British JOC.
Participants came from Italy, Monaco, France, UK, Germany,
Netherlands. We did around 2000km of driving, mainly secondary
roads but I also ended up on the Boulevard Périférique around
Paris in peak hour and at 35C. Two hours in very slow/blocked and
dense traffic with motor bikes flying around left and right in
between the lanes at 80km/h. Still I loved the trip. These cars
are made for driving and enjoying yourself, ok slightly
masochistic perhaps, but still. They need some mods to do so
safely and reliably. Much better than have them 100% original but
not fit for modern traffic and sitting in the garage. </p>
<p>If we do not drive them our (grand)children would not either and
are not getting used to keep these cars on the road. They would
not learn the skills to repair and maintain them. They loose
interest.</p>
<p>Mazda MX-5, the best British sports car ever, however a bit
boring because nothing goes wrong with them and modern engine
management means that you cannot do yourself an awful lot when
things do go wrong.<br>
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<p>Kees Oudesluijs</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 4-9-2023 om 09:11 schreef
josef-eckert--- via Healeys:<br>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">My
personal view is, cars of the 50/60s are becomming more and
more collectors cars and no more drivers cars. Pricewise its
getting important to have the car in unmodified order,
original spec, original colour, etc. In todays traffic its not
nice to drive an Austin-Healey on motorways or long distances
with heavy traffic inbetween. The collectors, I do not say
drivers anymore, are in pensioners age. Most younger people
have no emotional relation to cars. A car is just a way of
commuting, but better to use public transport. I see it with
my daughter. She has no relation whatsoever with cars. She
drives when she must, but uses alternartives when they are
given.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">I
see it with me. When I go to an Austin-Healey event or
weekend, I load the Healey on the trailer and bring it to the
event. Its fun to drive it there, but I really don`t like at
all to drive my Austin-Healeys over long distances. So I can
keep it/them in good original shape. here its really a
nightmare to go with a classic car on roads through central
Europe from one congestion to the next.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">For
holidays meanwhile we have a Mazda MX-5, which gives same or
even more fun to drive on todays traffic. And it hase all the
safety gadgets like airbags, ertc. and the engine is a dream.
It revs up from 2000 to 7000 rpm, just pulling.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">So
my personal view is, original classic cars may keep their
value (not sure if I am right), but modified ones will loose a
lot. They lost their classic appearance and even cannot cope
with today`s traffic. The original parts are gone, and
replaced by Chinese tableware. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">I
think most important is to keep the original look with all the
chromeware, right colours for paint and trim and keep the car
as they were sold in the 50/60s. Time will tell, if I am
right. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Josef
Eckert</span></p>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Germany</span></p>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: Re: [Healeys] 100M on BAT</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2023-09-04T05:51:34+0200</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Perry Small via Healeys"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: "HealeyRick"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com"><healeyrik@gmail.com></a></p>
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<div
style="position: relative; color: #000000; font: 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Listers
<div>As someone wrote in a song several decades ago there is a
time. </div>
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<div>A time to buy and a time sell. A time gather parts and a
time to give them away. I time to gift a grandson, with your
53 Chevy truck. </div>
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<div>A time to part with a BN2, that you have cherished for 58
years , a time to wonder what to do, with the yellow
modified, </div>
<div>Time , time, time……</div>
<div>Perry- who is getting old</div>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com"><healeyrik@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Strange, I made a comment on BaT earlier
today stating that it was Bill's car, Registrar of the
Worldwide 100M LeMans Registry with nothing further
and it was removed from the comments. There's also no
other reference in the description of the car
referencing it as Bill's.although there are some
pictures of him.
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<div>Rick Neville, aka "HealeyRick"</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, Sep 3, 2023
at 9:27 AM Bob Haskell via Healeys <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"
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style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;">Looks
like Bill Meade's 100M is on BAT now.<br>
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