As to the question of the car being in a living room, I can relate that
Bill Thummel (sp), in his younger days, had, I believe, a T Bird in his
den. My impression was that he and his date watched TV as if they were at
the drive-in!! It can be done.
Doug
> Gary,
>
> As usual, your take on this car is not only amusing but "spot on."
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:14 AM, <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Not to worry, since the damage has already been done. This will be
> bought
> > by one of Canepa's high-roller clients for his wife, they will
> drive it on
> > one California Mille and be discontented when they don't get lots
> of
> > respect,
> > get passed by the Ferraris, and wind up with back and butt pains
> from the
> > badly redone seats. Then, because they weren't Healey folks to
> begin with
> > (or
> > they would have known better than to pay this much for this
> little) they
> > will tuck the car in the back of their multi-car display facility
> for a few
> > years, and eventually sell it at Silver Auctions for about $40,000
> and it
> > will
> > wind up in the back of a third-rate "museum" somewhere in the
> midwest.
> > Bottom line, we'll never see it again. If the restorer was, in
> fact,
> > working with a 750 mile car stored in a living room (How do you
> get a car
> > in and
> > out of a living room, anyhow, or is this a case of a person living
> in his
> > parent's garage with a barcalounger and tv next to the Healey and
> a studio
> > behind or above?) then he's done a desecration and won't lose much
> money on
> > the
> > deal.
> > I'll have to check it out, since I've got to go down there in a
> week or so,
> > anyhow.
> > Gary
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