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I'm glad you asked that question. As the keeper of the BJ8 Registry=0Asi=
nce 1998, I can report that the registry just entered its 9,564th=0Acar=
yesterday, with one in Finland. That is exactly 54% of total BJ8=0Aprod=
uction (17,712). That also includes 75 cars that have definitely=0Abeen=
confirmed as Scrapped. For the others, each one is a "snapshot"=0Ain ti=
me (i.e., at the time it was entered or the date of the record).=0AFor s=
ome of them, there is only a record of an owner in the 1970s (for=0Aexam=
ple). Does it still exist? Who knows? Even a car entered in 2002=0Aor la=
st year could have disappeared since then.Of course, many cars=0Ahave go=
ne to Healey Heaven with no record being kept of them so if=0Athey aren'=
t in the registry now it can't be known whether they are=0Astill in exis=
tence or not.=0ASome are Healeying around with no record because the own=
er doesn't=0Aknow about the registries, or doesn't see the value of ente=
ring the=0Adetails of his/her car into a database, or is protective of h=
is/her=0A"privacy". =0AHappy Healeying!Steve ByersHBJ8L/36666BJ8 Registr=
yAHCA Delegate at=0ALargeHavelock, NC USA
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<html><body>I'm glad you asked that question. As the keeper of the=
BJ8 Registry since 1998, I can report that the registry just entered it=
s 9,564th car yesterday, with one in Finland. That is exactly 54%=
of total BJ8 production (17,712). <div>That also includes 75=
cars that have definitely been confirmed as Scrapped. For the oth=
ers, each one is a "snapshot" in time (i.e., at the time it was entered=
or the date of the record). For some of them, there is only=
a record of an owner in the 1970s (for example). Does it still ex=
ist? Who knows? Even a car entered in 2002 or last year coul=
d have disappeared since then.</div><div>Of course, many cars have gone=
to Healey Heaven with no record being kept of them so if they aren't in=
the registry now it can't be known whether they are still in existence=
or not.</div><div><br></div><div>Some are Healeying around with no reco=
rd because the owner doesn't know about the registries, or doesn't see t=
he value of entering the details of his/her car into a database, or is p=
rotective of his/her "privacy". </div><div><br></div><div>Hap=
py Healeying!</div><div>Steve Byers</div><div>HBJ8L/36666</div><div>BJ8=
Registry</div><div>AHCA Delegate at Large</div><div>Havelock, NC =
USA</div></body></html>
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