Steve,
I didn't pay much attention to this thread until you gave this
information. I knew the car, two of the previous owners, and the shop
that restored it. Those initials match the guy that I know.
The man that he bought it from has since died. That is the man from
Manheim, PA. He had started the restoration, but his health was
failing, so he sold the car. I believe that at that time the car was
the more traditional BRG color that BJ8s were painted. He also had done
some work to repair one of the front fenders and the substructure at the
front by welding in some pieces from another car. I don't know how that
fared in the final restoration.
FAH did sell the car to Hyman at Fall Hershey in 2008 which corresponds
to the Oct 9 date.
The exterior color appears to be black in the pictures, but is actually
a very dark green. The coves are gray.
From looking at the auction, it appears that it started at $200.
Charlie
On 1/4/2011 8:42 AM, BJ8 Healeys wrote:
>
> This car was offered for sale on eBay in May 2010 out of Stillwater,
> Minnesota. It was also offered for sale on eBay in February and November
> 2009 by Mark Hyman of St. Louis. From February 2001 to 9 October 2008, it
> was owned by someone in Harrisburg, PA. Prior to that, it was in Manheim,
> PA from April 1988 to February 2001, and in Lancaster, PA from December 1972
> to some unknown date.
> The only front license plate I see in the photos is a UK-style plate with
> number FAH 725. One of the earlier owners has the initials F.A.H., so I
> suspect that the front plate was made to match that.
>
> Beverly Hills Car Club also has another BJ8 for sale on eBay: 220719001583.
> Someone on the list posted a notice on 29 December 2010 that this one was
> for sale at the website of the "Kent Car Collection", which apparently (from
> the telephone number and the price in pounds) is a UK operation. I conclude
> that Beverly Hills Car Club is not a traditional dealer, and Kent Car
> Collection is not a physical "collection", but probably both are storefront
> "middle man" operations that locate and sell cars via international
> connections. They may or may not actually have the cars on their property.
> I thought it interesting that Beverly Hills Car Club only gives an
> unpublished telephone number as a point of contact.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
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