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I can vouch for that. I bought a new Morgan Plus4 about that time and
it arrived late enough that the US considered it next year's model, and
thus it didn't meet the new safety regs. I never did get the car.
Mike
BN2
On 1/23/2015 5:46 PM, BJ8 Healeys wrote:
> One BJ8 (the last) was built in 1968 (March). However, the U.S. custom is to
> observe a "new model year" that begins in September. So, many cars that were
> built in 1967 (and some that were built earlier than '67) were advertised and
> sold in the USA as "new '68s", especially those that arrived in the country
> just prior to September 1967 or sat around unsold until the "new model year"
> arrived.
> The "year" of a Healey has no real significance since the cars weren't built
> by model year. Most of the rest of the world except the USA considers the
> "year" to be the actual calendar year in which the car was built. I have
> many cars in the registry that were one year in the USA suddenly become
> another year when they show up overseas.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> AHCA Delegate at Large
> Havelock, NC USA
>
>
> ---- Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
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<font size="-1"><font face="Tahoma">I can vouch for that. I bought
a new Morgan Plus4 about that time and it arrived late enough
that the US considered it next year's model, and thus it didn't
meet the new safety regs. I never did get the car.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
BN2<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/23/2015 5:46 PM, BJ8 Healeys
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">One BJ8 (the last) was built in 1968
(March). However, the U.S. custom is to observe a "new model year" that begins
in September. So, many cars that were built in 1967 (and some that were built
earlier than '67) were advertised and sold in the USA as "new '68s", especially
those that arrived in the country just prior to September 1967 or sat around
unsold until the "new model year" arrived.
The "year" of a Healey has no real significance since the cars weren't built by
model year. Most of the rest of the world except the USA considers the "year"
to be the actual calendar year in which the car was built. I have many cars in
the registry that were one year in the USA suddenly become another year when
they show up overseas.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
AHCA Delegate at Large
Havelock, NC USA
---- Bob Spidell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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