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<div dir="auto">Kees,</div>
<div dir="auto">You hit the nail right on the head in your first sentence, cars, at least in the price range of an Austin-Healey, should never be purchase as an investment, they should be driven.</div>
<div dir="auto">They are neither rare or overly valuable, with the 100S being the exception. So enjoy them while you can.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Jean</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2023 4:30:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] 100M on BAT</font>
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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="x_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.
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<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>
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<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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<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="x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">
<healeys@autox.team.net></a></p>
<p style="margin:0px">An: "HealeyRick" <a class="x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">
<healeyrik@gmail.com></a></p>
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<div style="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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<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="x_gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 9:27 AM Bob Haskell via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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Looks like Bill Meade's 100M is on BAT now.<br>
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