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I should add that sometimes the buyer's story is true. My father always
disliked 'foreign' cars, having owned, worked on and driven nothing but
American brands since his youth. However, he changed his tune after we rebuilt
the engine on my BJ8 and he offered to 'break in the engine for me'--he ended
up putting 600 miles on the car over a weekend. Dad always keeps an eye on the
local want-ads for interesting mechanical stuff and a while later he called to
say 'there's a 1956 Austin-Healey for sale in Turlock (California) for $12,500'
(this was many years ago). I didn't know much about the early cars at that time
and, thinking it was an early 6-cyl car said if it's in good shape it's
probably worth that. Dad said he'd go have a look.
Dad called the next day to say he'd bought the car. He said there was another
potential buyer sniffing around; it sounded like the guy was 'bird-dogging' for
a buyer in the Bay Area, possibly for a dealer/broker or well-heeled collector
(but it seems most 'collectors' want to buy the end product of other people's
work). Anyway, Dad and the seller (his name was Jess) hit if off and Jess
didn't like the 'scout,' and when Dad mentioned it was his son that was really
into these cars Jess said 'well, if it's it for your son you can have it for
$10,000.' The deal was made and Jess--who was a wealthy
contractor/businessman--had one of his workers deliver the car to us on a
flatbed the next day. Jess and Dad remained good friends until Jess died a few
years ago; unfortunately before I had a chance to meet him.
The car? Well, it was a 4-cylinder car, one of those funky ones with louvers in
the hood with a leather strap across it. Jess had a Nash-Healey that Dad
considered buying but it was the later model--not the Panelcraft one--with the
headlights in the grille and Dad didn't care for the look. Truth be told, I
wish we'd bought it, pickled it and thrown a cover over it (same with the
Ercoupe he had hanging from his shop's ceiling).
Bob
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00"><div>I should add that sometimes the buyer's story is true. My fa=
ther always disliked 'foreign' cars, having owned, worked on and driven not=
hing but American brands since his youth. However, he changed his tun=
e after we rebuilt the engine on my BJ8 and he offered to 'break in the eng=
ine for me'--he ended up putting 600 miles on the car over a weekend. =
Dad always keeps an eye on the local want-ads for interesting mechanical s=
tuff and a while later he called to say 'there's a 1956 Austin-Healey for s=
ale in Turlock (California) for $12,500' (this was many years ago). I=
didn't know much about the early cars at that time and, thinking it was an=
early 6-cyl car said if it's in good shape it's probably worth that. =
Dad said he'd go have a look.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dad called the =
next day to say he'd bought the car. He said there was another potent=
ial buyer sniffing around; it sounded like the guy was 'bird-dogging' for a=
buyer in the Bay Area, possibly for a dealer/broker or well-heeled collect=
or (but it seems most 'collectors' want to buy the end product of other peo=
ple's work). Anyway, Dad and the seller (his name was Jess) hit if of=
f and Jess didn't like the 'scout,' and when Dad mentioned it was his son t=
hat was really into these cars Jess said 'well, if it's it for your son you=
can have it for $10,000.' The deal was made and Jess--who was a weal=
thy contractor/businessman--had one of his workers deliver the car to us on=
a flatbed the next day. Jess and Dad remained good friends until Jes=
s died a few years ago; unfortunately before I had a chance to meet him.<br=
></div><div><br></div><div>The car? Well, it was a 4-cylinder car, on=
e of those funky ones with louvers in the hood with a leather strap across =
it. Jess had a Nash-Healey that Dad considered buying but it was the =
later model--not the Panelcraft one--with the headlights in the grille and =
Dad didn't care for the look. Truth be told, I wish we'd bought it, p=
ickled it and thrown a cover over it (same with the Ercoupe he had hanging =
from his shop's ceiling).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Bob<br></div><div><b=
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