The only thing we could do is make a contest on the final price.
My estimate
1.2 million dollars
> Sent:Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:58 AM
>Subject:[Healeys] Lot No: 433
>
>To leave it as it is, the car will be too
expensive. As there is no real value
>in a car which looks awful (have seen
and touched the car last year) as it is
>today, I presume the owner wants to
bring it back to drivable condition. And I
>am sure the new owner knows what
he will do with it. Any way then its his car
>and his decision. Perhaps he may
have sleepless nights, perhaps not. But why
>shall we care? We can`t influence
him.
>Anyway we may need to await his decision, perhaps we never see the car
again,
>when it goes into a private collection.
>
>Josef Eckert
>Germany
>
>
>
>-----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
>Von:
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>Auftrag von Oudesluys
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. November 2011 16:41
>An:
m.brouillette at comcast.net
>Cc: Healey List
>Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Lot No: 433
>
>This car has such a stunning history that in my view it should be left
>largely as is but made in a car that can be driven in events that it was
>designed, build, improved, modified for. No paint just restore rot and repair
>mechanicals.
>Kees Oudesluijs
>NL
>
>Op 23-11-2011 16:29,
m.brouillette at comcast.netschreef:
>> Interesting question as also brought up
by the auction house is if you owned
>this car, to what period would you
restore this car if you did? Would it be
>brought back to the original 1953
or the 1955 iteration? Nice problem to have
>if you were made of money...
>>
>> Mike Brouillette
>> 59 Bt7
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom
Felts"<tomfelts at windstream.net>
>> To: "Jose Vicente
Vargas"<jvvmusme at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "Healey List"<healeys at autox.team.net>
>>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:52:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lot
No: 433
>>
>> The only reason I asked was that this appeared to be a
"prototype" leading
>to the 100S--------but not "technically" one of the 52
100S's.
>>
>> It was listed as "1953-55 Austin-Healey Special Test Car/100S
Prototype
>Sports-", and they said "As part of his original Austin-Healey
Hundred
>production agreement with Leonard Lord of the British Motor
Corporation,
>specialist constructor Donald Healey had undertaken to produce
four Special
>Test Cars for racing and record breaking"
>>
>> So, it is a
historic and very valuable car, but my question was --was it
>truly one of THE
52 (I believe) 100S models that we hear so much about.
>>
>> No problem either
way--it is a valuable car.
>>
>> tom,
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