Could the heritage cert. have valuable info?
Are the pistons and all correct?
On Nov 6, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Awgertoo@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/6/2009 3:07:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> robertduquette@sympatico.ca writes:
>
> though, it is being advertized as:
>
> "1956 Austin Healey 100M Factory car with Heritage certificate ,all
> numbers
> matching ,100 M Registry and California clear Title."
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> I assume this is referring to Bill Meade's "100 M Registry".
>
> To my knowledge Bill does NOT maintain a registry that certifies which
> cars are actually authentic M cars (the so-called 640). It would
> be nice if
> that were the purpose of the registry but in fact it serves as a
> profit-center for Bill. Cars are listed on his Registry if they
> register and pay a
> fee. Some cars are no doubt real M's and some are cars that have
> been
> "converted to "M" specs by owners. In fact my 1954 BN1 LeMans may
> be found
> mentioned in the roles of Bill's registry simply because I chose to
> send him the
> money (I really liked the Registry grill badge!). But I was very
> clear to
> say that my car is simply a BN1 LeMans that had been converted to M
> specs
> by the original owner in about 1956-1957, though I doubt that the
> owners of
> all the cars on the registry may have been as scrupulous.
>
> I'm not being critical of Bill Meade's effort but I think his
> "Registry"
> may invite abuse as simply saying that a car is "On the 100 M
> Registry" is
> not a guarantee of authenticity. Bottomline--M=MONEY!!!
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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