Hi, Steve: as you know from the copy of my heritage certificate in your
registry, I have a 64 phase II BJ8 that was originally dispatched to A.
Bruggemann & Company G.M.B.H. in Dusseldorf, Germany in August, 1964.
probably bought by a US serviceman, as Josef Eckert noted. It has the
separate beehive turn and parking lights, and locking steering column,
but the certificate listed KPH speedo, continental exhaust system, and
octagonal nuts for the wire wheels did not survive the 10 years before I
bought it in 1974.
Thanks for the info on Ralph Roden, I will email him my info as well.
Did not know of his registry.
Regards,
Ed Townley
So NM, USA
64 BJ8 (Healey Monster)
59 AN5 (Horny Toad)
55 Austin FX3 Taxi (Nigel)
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:45:12 -0400
From: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
Subject: German spec cars
Ralph Roden in New Zealand maintains a registry for German-spec cars.
The last e-mail address I have for him is rr_moss@hotmail.com
For German-spec BJ8s, the BMIHT data generally identifies a steering
lock, KPH speedo, and the later cars have separate turn signal and
parking lights in the front shroud, with amber and clear lenses
resembling the small glass beehive lenses of BJ7s and the earlier BJ8s.
The cars were also usually equipped with octagonal wheel knockoffs
without ears.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
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