Hi Steve,
BMC sold cars to distributors.
Distributors sold cars to Dealers
The DHMCo was regarded as a distributor because of their relationship
with eg 100Ms and US bases sales.
So Car Mart was a distributor; John Sprinzel Racing was a dealership.
John Sprinzel described the supply chain here.
http://www.myaustinhealey.com/john-sprinzel-healey.html
In most cases, BMC had no idea who the actual dealer was who sold the
car. They only knew the distributor, and that's the name on the
heritage certificate.
The same supply chain still exists today for e.g many consumer goods
Factory -> distributor -> dealer -> consumer.
Best
Chris
Sent from my iPhone
On 23/10/2010, at 4:02 AM, "BJ8 Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
> Another thought: according to BMIHT, your car's destination from the
> factory was Car Mart, Ltd., London. Was John Sprinzel involved in
> Car Mart,
> or perhaps did he get the car from Car Mart for Mr. Steil?
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
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