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Re: [Healeys] Sebring UJB 142

To: jstmorris@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Sebring UJB 142
From: "E.A. Driver" <edriver@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:31:23 -0600
Hi Scott

The operative wording is "to model" which appears in at least two places,
thus truly a knock off: the quote reads:
"An extensive body-off restoration was completed on this car to model 
the 1960
works car #20 UJB-142"

It is just another way of jacking up the price to the unsuspecting 
bidder of which
there are lots.  It  is a shame to use such subterfuge BUT as a friend 
here trained
by Jaguar states " there are many more questionable people  in the 
British car
scene than in the rest of the car scene".

Kind regards
Ed





J. Scott Morris wrote:
> The Barrett-Jackson auction at Palm Beach in April has what I think is a
> knock-off of UJB 142 listed as Lot 699. The listing description follows:
>
> "An extensive body-off restoration was completed on this car to model the 1960
> works car #20 UJB-142 that finished fourth at Sebring in 1960. Tom Rocke,
> Healey Lane Restoration of Riverside, California, finished the newly restored
> car exclusively for the Barrett-Jackson West Palm Beach Florida Auction.
> Restoration features of this car include an exterior finish of DuPont 2-stage
> Dark British Racing Green paint, black interior with ventilated 3000 Sebring
> front seats, the rare ultra tulip-type engine with intake and factory works
> exhaust, tri-carbureted HD-8 2" carburetors to help produce the engine's
> 190hp, 6-blade fan, 4-row radiator, jet coated flowed intake and exhaust
> components, exterior intake cooling, alloy front and back shroud member as
> well as boot lid, factory lightweight fiberglass top, center-lock rally
> wheels, BJ8 ventilated disc racing brakes in front, rally front grille and
> road lights. This car qualifies for all State Grand-type rallies.
>  The car comes with fully photo documented restoration and British Heritage
> Industry Motor Trust certificate."
>
> Amazing what comes out of the wood work.
>
> Check out  http://tinyurl.com/bdp24j
>
> --Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; '60 MkI BN7 & '62 MkII BT7
> J. Scott Morris - Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives
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