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Re: [Healeys] Really?

To: HealeyRick <healeyrick@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Really?
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:47:42 +0000 (UTC)
Hmmmmmm ... something about this car. My BJ8's engine bay and underside look 
better at 170K than this one (and I don't own a gas station). Looks like 
there's undercoating; does Texas salt its roads (major corrosion on bottom of 
radiator)? No photo of rear underside--I would expect boot pan to be rusted 
through. Also, bad dogleg repair on R/H side--not mentioned in text. L/H front 
shock looks to be a real leaker. 

No proof, etc., but this car was probably a daily driver at some point and may 
have more than the (implied) 82K miles. Something fishy about " The original 
engine has 82k on it and sounds like a kitten. " Is the original engine in 
another car? 

I'd say with these doubts $30K is about right. The free market is working. 


Bob 


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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 


Is the collector car market so bad that this very original one-owner BJ8 
couldn't make the reserve: http://tinyurl.com/3wgg2hk 

Rick 
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