David,
The problem I have--and I suspect others do too--is that this car is not
presented as having been (lavishly over-)
restored. All I saw was mention of a few mechanical fixes, and the red coves
being added. Why was an obviously
expensive restoration not mentioned? Because the car could possibly fetch more
money as a pristine original, presumably
sold to someone not truly versed in Healey provenance? IMO, this borders on
misrepresentation--this seller is not naive.
Bob
On 6/16/2011 3:53 PM, David Nock wrote:
> So it was restored. Why is it that the only way to restore a car is
> as it was 50 years ago. There are so many things that you can do to
> these cars today that will make them a much better car to drive. No i
> do not think that you should go away from the idea of the Healey but
> if it can be made better why not do it.
>
> I do not understand why a guy that restores a car beyond what it was
> and may make a few mistakes in installing a part here and there has
> to be bashed by everyone on this list. You can go thru every one of
> the cars that any of the Healey Restoration Shops do and you will
> find things that are no original.
>
> We have been doing some cars with Wilton Wool carpeting, and complete
> Connley leather interiors, to include all the panels in leather. The
> reason I have done this is that the owner wanted it that way. How
> often have you tried to match leather and vinyl colors, they never
> do. I have added cruise control, lightened flywheels, limited slip,
> oversized sway bars, tube shock conversions, along with many more.
> Are these any less of a car than the one that is like it rolled out
> of the factory.
>
> If you want to try a interesting test, look back to one of Gary
> Andersons early copies of British Car Magazine. We did an article on
> driving the different Healey's. There was one of each model from a
> factory 100M, Gary's Concourse BN7, My Modified BN4 and Len
> Hartnett's BJ8. We drove about 100 miles swappping cars along the
> way. A very interesting article look it up
>
>
> David Nock
> British Car Specialists
> Stockton Ca 95205
> 209-948-8767
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