David,
Having been an incredibly dyed-in-the-wool AH concours fanatic and
now a "not original" driver of a totally rebuilt MGB GT V8 I think I
can qualify to comment on your missive. There are several different
types of "enthusiasts". One of which is those who want to preserve
the history and thus dote on originality. Another type is the one
who modify their car and boots it round the countryside. The former
cherishes cars in original condition, the latter realising that
originality has gone, modifies and improves. But you have to be
one or the other !!! The "crime" here is that the owner claimed it
was a concours (original) car but it was a "runner" (albeit a worked
over one). I think it has something to do with having your cake
and eating it ? The "original" crowd likes to protect unmodified,
but maybe in sad condition, cars - thus abhor people dropping in
strange motorplants into original models or tarting up with
goodies. That is why I found an abandoned stripped shell to build
my V8 to "original" factory specs.
At 06:53 PM 6/16/2011, David Nock wrote:
>So it was restored. Why is it that the only way to restore a car is
>as it was 50 years ago. There are so many things that you can do to
>these cars today that will make them a much better car to drive. No i
>do not think that you should go away from the idea of the Healey but
>if it can be made better why not do it.
>
>I do not understand why a guy that restores a car beyond what it was
>and may make a few mistakes in installing a part here and there has
>to be bashed by everyone on this list. You can go thru every one of
>the cars that any of the Healey Restoration Shops do and you will
>find things that are no original.
>
>We have been doing some cars with Wilton Wool carpeting, and complete
>Connley leather interiors, to include all the panels in leather. The
>reason I have done this is that the owner wanted it that way. How
>often have you tried to match leather and vinyl colors, they never
>do. I have added cruise control, lightened flywheels, limited slip,
>oversized sway bars, tube shock conversions, along with many more.
>Are these any less of a car than the one that is like it rolled out
>of the factory.
>
>If you want to try a interesting test, look back to one of Gary
>Andersons early copies of British Car Magazine. We did an article on
>driving the different Healey's. There was one of each model from a
>factory 100M, Gary's Concourse BN7, My Modified BN4 and Len
>Hartnett's BJ8. We drove about 100 miles swappping cars along the
>way. A very interesting article look it up
>
>
>David Nock
>British Car Specialists
>Stockton Ca 95205
>209-948-8767
>
>www.britishcarspecialists.com
>.
>.
>
>On Jun 16, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Rich Chrysler wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I must agree with the observations you've all been making. Somebody
> > obviously over restored and candied up this car. They must have
> > shopped for
> > things out of a catalogue and not known correct from "it'll do".
> > There are
> > so many incorrect things throughout this car. The party who decided
> > a 750
> > mile BN2 should be restored like this should be shot and Pi**ed on.
> > Who
> > would toss an original interior?
> >
> > Who knows, maybe the poor thing was in a fire or something and had
> > to be
> > restored.
> >
> > However, I have the numbers for this car in the Hundred Registry
> > and it
> > substantiates the low mileage of a car with this chassis number
> > over a few
> > owners. As recently as April of 2008 it was registered with 556
> > original
> > miles and was at the time still single colour OEW.
> >
> > What happened since then?
> >
> > Rich
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Regards,
Barrie Robinson
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