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Re: [Healeys] Leroy and Susan Joppa Auction

To: "'Bob Haskell'" <rchaskell@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Leroy and Susan Joppa Auction
From: "randy dickson" <rdickson@midwestarchaeology.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 19:10:05 -0500
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A tri carb eh?  That is good.  I have a tri carb setup for it but I would
have preferred my original engine.

Randy

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Haskell [mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 6:42 PM
To: randy dickson <rdickson@midwestarchaeology.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Leroy and Susan Joppa Auction

Randy,

The 29E indicates that it's a tri-carb motor for a MkII roadster. 
Pretty early one, as the first engine was 29E-101.

Cheers,
Bob Haskell

On 05/16/2016 02:41 PM, randy dickson wrote:
> *Fellow Healeyoids, I won several lots at the Joppa's estate auction 
> in Wisconsin last week.  Anyway, I met both Leroy and Susan a couple 
> of times and they were very nice and genuine people.  I am proud to 
> own some of their Healey parts and promise to give them a good home.  
> I bought one of Leroy's engines 29E/RU/H121.  This should be a 3000 
> engine correct?  I have a 1960 BT7 early 1960 Healey that came from 
> the same part of the state as Leroy's gray car.  If anybody know where 
> this engine came from I'd appreciate it.  It even turns over.  I would 
> like to rebuild it and put it in my BT7.*
>
> *I will have to say what was rather upsetting while picking up the 
> Healey parts was that there were a couple of people picking up parts 
> that don't have Healeys but they called themselves "speculators" and 
> they were just going to relist the parts for sale. *
>
> **
>
> **
>
> *Randy in Wisconsin*
>
> *1960 BT7*
>
> *1963 BJ7*
>
> *1966 Cobra replica*
>
> *1968 Morris Mini Cooper S*
>
> **
>
>
>
>

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