WM,
I'm reading the book "The Healey Story" by Geoffrey Healey; actually as we
all know he died before it was published and his daughters put it together
from his notes. Do you know of any good books on the Sprite? Also any way to
know via the vin of this car that it is original and not a kit? Did you read
what the owner said to me about it's authenticity? "Bill Meade of the 100M
LeMans club has been to my shop & photographed this car & he can tell you
that its NOT A KIT. weve had people from around the world call & verifie
that they made a hand ful of these cars & most of them went to sweden or
switzerland. this is a very rare car" Could this all be true?
Lin
On 1/13/07, Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think you can say with certainty without inspecting it to see if
> it
> was stamped, or welded in. The Healey's did all sorts of prototyping, and
> very often, the stuff got sold to some dealer they had a personal
> relationship with.
>
> Books aren't the "end all" when it comes to truth. In fact, Geoff was
> quite
> pissed off at the various inaccuracies that made it to print, because
> people
> assumed if they read it in a book, it was true.
>
> WST
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Fornal [mailto:tequila.brad@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:13 AM
> To: Linda Grunthaner
> Cc: WFO Herb; Frank Clarici; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Bugeye with trunk
>
> IF it were the REAL DEAL, it would have been mentioned in a book,
> somewhere. The 2 or 3 prototypes with the new nose on the Bugeye body
> were mentioned. Why not this one?
> Answer, because it isn't real..........
>
> On 1/13/07, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Spridgets,
> > I got a reply from the owner of this car and he said;
> >
> > "Bill Meade of the 100M LeMans club has been to my shop & photographed
> this
> > car & he can tell you that its NOT A KIT.
> > weve had people from around the world call & verifie that they made a
> hand
> > ful of these cars & most of them went to sweden or switzerland.
> > this is a very rare car"
> >
> > It is tempting but 3K is very steep for this condition. I asked for a
> > Heritage Certificate today. I'll keep you all posted. I also asked Reid
> but
> > he couldn't confirm.
> > Lin
> >
> > On 1/11/07, WFO Herb <froggi60@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > What's the verdict, is this car for real? Never heard\read of one
> myself.
> > > WFO
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