I'm with you, Michael -
I've owned TARHEELY for 25 years and around 85,000 miles, but I know that I
can't own it forever -- nor can I take it with me. I never intend to sell
the car, but I know eventually that it will have to move on to the next
owner and I sincerely hope he/she is someone who will appreciate and enjoy
the car as much as I have. Whether we admit it or not, all of us are just
"custodians" for a limited time, not permanent owners of Healeys or anything
else.
For the BJ8 owners on the list: have you ever wondered who were the
custodians before you? Many owners do, but for many of these 40+ year old
cars, the chain of ownership is unknown and now perhaps unknowable because
there was no place to record that information. Will some future owner even
know that you were an owner of their car before them? Some don't care about
that, but if you do then the BJ8 registry provides a place where the history
of your car can be documented and preserved for the benefit of those owners
who will come later. Unless you know you have already provided the
information (or if you are just uncertain), please let me record what you
know about the ownership history of your car. You may know some history,
the next owner may not care and allow the information to fade away, then the
ones who come later have no clue.
Thanks,
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
Michael said:
If you'll read my words and not your thoughts I think you'll see I don't
treat my car as a museum piece--I've had my 100 for 8 years and have put
about
60K miles on it. The term "Custodian" is but a metaphor, the message being
that I hope some other person gets pleasure out of my car at some point in
the
future.
Best--Michael Oritt
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