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<div>Great comments and spot on. I have been watching BAT and lately we =
have had a few good sales. It will be interesting to see what happens to =
the <strong>no reserve-for charity! </strong>100M that is currently about =
$35K-whats that about? Hank<br>-------------------- <br><br>From: "Bob =
Spidell via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net> <br>Reply-To: "Bob =
Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net> <br>To: <healeys@autox.team.=
net> <br>Sent: November 9, 2026 at 8:41 AM PST <br>Subject: Re: =
[Healeys] Nice car! <br>Wholly agree. First thing I look for in a side shot=
is the slight curve of the bottom rockers; when we restored my BN2 I =
ordered from Kilmartin because their parts were faithful to the original =
curve. Another thing that gives a resto away is the wire bead inside the =
rear wing edges; unfortunately, when I replaced the doglegs on my BJ8 I got=
aftermarket panels that didn't have the bead. I bought them later but =
haven't felt compelled enough to redo them (plus, I haven't figured out how=
the meld the existing bead with the replacement bead).<br><br>It's a =
common fallacy of owners of restored cars that their car is 'worth' what =
they've put into it, both in dollars and hours. The car is worth what the =
market will offer, period. I also feel a resto of a Healey is more =
difficult than the shiny 'restomods' you see on B-J and other auctions. =
Healeys are a semi-monocoque (unibody) build; muscle cars are usually=
body-on-frame, which is a simpler build (also, parts are more available, =
from Summit and others). <br><br>Bob<br><br> <br><br></div>
<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 11/9/2026 6:20 AM, Stephen Hutchings via =
Healeys wrote:</div>
<blockquote>What spoils a lot of otherwise nice cars =
for me is the line at the bottom of the front fender/wing. The line should =
have a subtle curve to it, but so many restorers have straightened out that=
line so it loses it curve. Even the Healey 3000 in the heritage museum at =
Gaydon has this problem. I guess it’s a lot easier to ignore the =
curve when repairing the rot at the bottom of the fender…but the =
replacements from AH spares and others do have the correct line.
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<div>Stephen, BJ8<br>
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