Hello, Healeyphiles -
I made a comment a few days ago about how the lack of VIN identification in
the Barrett-Jackson descriptions was frustrating for me, and one of my pet
peeves. A car with a VIN has a history, and one without is anonymous.
Scot most kindly collected for me as many BJ8 VINs as possible at Scottsdale,
and I can now say that if Barrett-Jackson had identified the cars in their ads
the following might have happened:
Our own lister Reid Trummel would have found a car that he used to own. He
was there. Did he recognize it?
The original engine to one of the B-J cars is installed in a BJ8 in
Pennsylvania. That knowledge might be important or helpful to somebody.
We could add one more car to the list of BJ8s now accounted for in the BJ8
registry, bringing the total to 5,574 (32% of total production).
Because of Scot's helpfulness, all of the above happened anyway, but Scot
might not be at the next B-J auction. Had the bonnet been up on a fourth car,
we might know the identity of one more, too.
Happy Healeying!
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
----- Original Message -----
From: scotyp@comcast.net
To: healey list
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:20 PM
Subject: Barret-Jackson Thread
Hi Gang,
I just got back from the auction in Scottsdale and enjoyed reading all the
posts that this thing has generated. I would just like to throw in my .02 for
what it is worth...
First,I would like to say that it was a great time and if you have not ever
been to it please go and experience all it has to offer. I had fun talking
with a bunch of great Healey people including Reid and a few folks from the
Cascade Healey club in Washington.
I think you can analyize the value numbers any way you like but in the end
it is an AUCTION which really means,in this case, a handfull of people that
really desire ONE car! As a Healey owner, if that drives prices into the
stratosphere then I cannot say I mind too much(save the price of replacement
parts)! Is this an indication of real value? I say no, but does indicate an
obvious trend that our cars are increasing in value.
I had the chance to see Tanner's car up close and also a beautiful Healey
Blue BJ8 restored by the Healey Den in Canada that fetched 50K (this owner I
called). He was truly upset and bought his car back after the auction because
of the price Tanner's car received 12 hours earlier! I did NOT see a 40K
difference in these two cars!
What I saw most of were people enjoying the cars, automobilia, food and
fanfare! After seeing it on Speed, it was truly thrilling to be up on the
stage as a BJ8 was being auctioned off. Please go and experience this!!
Our beautiful cars are a great hobby so let's just let the rich guys duke it
out while we enjoy our Healeys(and the side hobby of tracking their values)!!
Scot
'66 BJ8
Seattle,WA.
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