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<p><b><i>Brown furniture</i></b> and other 17th to early 19th
century items. Our house is stuffed with it. We love it. The
collection started 50 years ago when we got married in London and
had to furnish our house. At the time it was plenty available in
junk shops and antique markets like Portobello Road in London for
next to nothing. It was all we could afford and we started with a
Victorian folding card table, a Cuban mahogany Regency dining
table and dining chairs. Not in pristine condition but I restored
them myself. We also had an old Triumph Spitfire. We have had a
classic car ever since. Even the sound system is vintage! As it
turns out we are the true environmentalists!! If I look around me
the only modern items is the computer, the heating system, airco,
solar panels and the kitchen. <br>
None of our children are even remotely interested in our stuff as
they prefer IKEA or similar rubbish. So when we are gone it is
anybodies guess what happens with our belongings. I could not give
a shyte about it as dead is dead. <br>
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<p>Kees</p>
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<div dir="ltr">Watching all our Healey friends age, including
myself, isn't a lot of fun. Some of us have been on the Healey
list for about 30 years now, I think. We were once all those
cool kids that had the best cars, now we're a bunch of old guys
in our sunset years. I loved Perry as one of those Nasty Boy
guys and as we both had some time in Oahu and knew some of the
same people there was an extra bond. We're all going through the
same thing now. I still love my Healeys and don't want to let
them go one second sooner than we have to. But what am I going
to do with all those tools, Healey parts, and memories? I've got
a couple of sons, but do I want to stick them with these cars?
I've been thinking of my next Auction Report column for the
Healey Marque and does the term "brown furniture" ring any
bells? "Brown furniture" refers to all the antiques our parents
placed so much value in that nobody cares about anymore. I think
that's where our Healeys are heading. I just hope we all got
enough joy from them that their value as collectors' items isn't
going to concern us anymore. I'd love to hear your thought on
this as I still have to fill up my Auction Reports column in the
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things come to an end and our ownership of our BN1 and BN2 has
ended. The red 1955 BN2 was my first car that I bought for
$275 in 1965. <br>
I scrounged up the funds delivering newspapers. That car
followed us to Hawaii then back to PA and on to South
Carolina. The modified BN1 I bought and built while living in
Hawaii . Sold it to a guy in California only to buy it back
years later. <br>
Probably have had 50 Healeys, big and little ones over the
years. Maybe there is another one waiting out there for us but
in a few days when the transport arrives to take Red and
Yellow to their new homes things will be different. <br>
The garage will only hold the daily driver, tools that will
not be used for vehicle maintenance anymore and miscellaneous
other things that will need to be cleaned out hopefully before
what ever comes next. Kimberley jokes with me and others that
she gets to “go” first so that she does not have to clean up
the “stuff”!<br>
I have known probably 40 or more other Healey owners that have
previously visited the same chain of events and I always
thought it would somehow be different but it’s not. These
little British beasts really get under your skin but they also
still bring a smile to your face . <br>
All the best to you and yours.<br>
Perry and Kimberley <br>
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