Sitting around in boxes---------and--I will have a sale eventually.
Tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Mark and Kathy <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
> To: <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 4/28/2007 8:41:18 AM
> Subject: Old Used Parts
>
> Now that I am coming to the end of my first and last Healey ground up. I
> find myself continuing to relocate the boxes that contain the old parts
from
> my car.
>
> Some of these I suppose could be restored but most seem to by right on the
> border line of the pitch or save game.
>
> Not knowing who will be taking over the proprietorship of my car in the
> future its hard to say if these parts would be of any value to that
person.
> To me these parts were like words to a famous novel.
> With out them the final creation could not have been achieved to its
maximum
> or at worst, it would have taken much longer, god forbid. They are
literally
> pieces to a long drawn out puzzle and every time I toss one away it ends
up
> back on the shelf thinking "what if".
>
> This wide assortment includes the Master Cylinders, connectors, grommets,
> nuts/bolts, brake parts, wire wheels eventually, hubs,
> seat pans, many many trany parts, engine parts, interior vinyl and carpet
> (with original Eng.car scents) and the list goes on. This really does
put the
> verse, " one persons trash is anothers persons treasure" into reality.
>
> Is there a central "Healey Used Parts Depot" some where. I'm kidding of
> course, but maybe there should be just in case
> there comes a time that these parts fall into the unobtainium syndrome.
>
> Maybe I'll just keep it all in a corner for now and when the project is
> totally complete I'll have my own personal "dump a thon "
> to give me a serious type of Closure. I sense that a lot of restorers
need
> that after a ground up. It sure has been a long, long road, but from
the
> stories that I have been told, its worth it.
>
> I guess I'm curious what the rest of you have done with the old "pieces of
> your puzzle" . Are they still sitting around in a box
> waiting for the next generation to open to relive the story or did you
need
> some of that "Serious Closure".
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