Re: [Healeys] Numbers game.

[David Lodge <emmgeeteesee@gmail.com>]

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Thank you, Alan.  I did not know that!

On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 02:08, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:

> David -
>
> They numbered the glove boxes because the veneer was book matched, so if
> you mixed them up, the sides would not match.  So the carpenters just
> numbered them separately to make sure they always had the same bookmatch
> set together.  The numbers would have been made with a china marker and
> don't have any relevance to anything else otherwise.
>
> Best,
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 9:07 AM David Lodge via Healeys <
> healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello Jean,
>>
>> I owe you an apology!  There's the number on the glove box lid as large
>> as life!
>>
>> Bears no resemblance to any other number, as far as I can see, apart from
>> the black
>> numbers  (Felt-tip?  In 1965?) on the reverse of the dashboard as seen
>> previously!
>>
>> I've no idea why I didn't see it before!
>>
>> Memo to self:  Really MUST stop drinking that cheap wine!
>>
>> Best, D
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you, Alan.=C2=A0 I did not know that!<br></div><br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, 8 J=
un 2021 at 02:08, Alan Seigrist &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com"=
>healey.nut@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0=
px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">David -<div><br></di=
v><div>They numbered the glove boxes because the veneer was book matched, s=
o if you mixed them up, the sides would not match.=C2=A0 So the carpenters =
just numbered them separately to make sure they always had the same bookmat=
ch set together.=C2=A0 The numbers would have been made with a china marker=
 and don&#39;t have any relevance to anything else otherwise.</div><div><br=
></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Alan<br><div><br></div><div><br>=
</div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"gmail_attr" =
dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 9:07 AM David Lodge via Healeys &lt;<a t=
arget=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.=
net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;b=
order-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=3D"gmail_quot=
e"><div><div style=3D"font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Aria=
l,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Jean,</div><div dir=3D"=
ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I owe you an apology!=C2=A0 There&#39;s the=
 number on the glove box lid as large as life!</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">Bears no resemblance to any other number, as far as I =
can see, apart from the black <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">numbers=C2=A0 (Fel=
t-tip?=C2=A0 In 1965?) on the reverse of the dashboard as seen previously!<=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;ve no idea why I did=
n&#39;t see it before!<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>Memo to self:=C2=A0 Really MUST stop drinking that cheap wine!</div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Best, D</div></div></div>
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