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The ever-popular and elusive 'Barn Find!'=20
A (relatively) low mileage--e.g. less than 100K miles--rust-free, complete =
and unmolested BN1/2 would likely go for $40K give-or-take here in the Stat=
es in a private sale (sounds like you may be GB?). It would probably go for=
more at auction, but then the auction company gets their cuts (from both b=
uyer and seller, I believe).=20
Bob=20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard@uprichard.net>=20
To: "Ahealey help" <healeys@autox.team.net>=20
Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 7:20:30 AM=20
Subject: [Healeys] 100-4=20
Recently I was driving my Triumph TR3 when a guy pulled up alongside me and=
said =E2=80=9CI have one of those. Want to see it?=E2=80=9D=20
It turned out he lived just a few miles away so I went to his house and the=
re in a barn out back was a 1957 small-mouth under a pile of cardboard boxe=
s. =E2=80=9CYes, =E2=80=9C he said, =E2=80=9CI put the cars away when my da=
ughter was born in 1980 and have never gotten around to doing anything with=
them.=E2=80=9D=20
=E2=80=9CThem?=E2=80=9D I asked. Sure, enough, behind the TR3 was an Austin=
-Healey 100-4. It too was covered in cardboard boxes but from what I could =
see was intact and remarkably rust free. Confessing my Austin-Healey ignora=
nce, I asked if it was a 100-M but he said it was earlier. In fact he said =
it was one of the first 1000 made. So I guess it is a BN1? 1953 =E2=80=93 1=
955?=20
Anyway, the guy claims he will one day restore both cars, which would be di=
fficult as (a) he has very little mechanical knowledge, (b) he has no space=
or equipment, and (c) he is definitely getting along in age. I pestered hi=
m (mainly for the TR3, but I was also interested in the Healey) but the one=
I should have been pestering was his wife who was telling him to sell. I m=
ay go back and try again in a month or so.=20
So =E2=80=93 after all of that =E2=80=93 if the car is as good as it looks,=
what does the list think it is worth ?=20
Andrew Uprichard=20
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<html><body><div style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #0000=
00"><div aria-label=3D"Compose body">The ever-popular and elusive 'Barn Fin=
d!'</div><div aria-label=3D"Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label=3D"Comp=
ose body">A (relatively) low mileage--e.g. less than 100K miles--rust-free,=
complete and unmolested BN1/2 would likely go for $40K give-or-take here i=
n the States in a private sale (sounds like you may be GB?). It woul=
d probably go for more at auction, but then the auction company gets their =
cuts (from both buyer and seller, I believe).</div><div aria-label=3D"Compo=
se body"><br></div><div aria-label=3D"Compose body">Bob</div><div><br></div=
><hr id=3D"zwchr"><div style=3D"color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:no=
rmal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:=
12pt;" data-mce-style=3D"color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: norm=
al; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-si=
ze: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard@uprichard.net>=
<br><b>To: </b>"Ahealey help" <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent: </=
b>Wednesday, November 2, 2016 7:20:30 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] 100-4=
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--></style><div class=3D"WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Recently I wa=
s driving my Triumph TR3 when a guy pulled up alongside me and said =E2=80=
=9CI have one of those. Want to see it?=E2=80=9D</p><p class=3D"MsoNo=
rmal"> </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">It turned out he lived just a few mi=
les away so I went to his house and there in a barn out back was a 1957 sma=
ll-mouth under a pile of cardboard boxes. =E2=80=9CYes, =E2=80=9C he said, =
=E2=80=9CI put the cars away when my daughter was born in 1980 and have nev=
er gotten around to doing anything with them.=E2=80=9D</p><p class=3D"MsoNo=
rmal"> </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=E2=80=9CThem?=E2=80=9D I asked.&nbs=
p; Sure, enough, behind the TR3 was an Austin-Healey 100-4. It too wa=
s covered in cardboard boxes but from what I could see was intact and remar=
kably rust free. Confessing my Austin-Healey ignorance, I asked if it=
was a 100-M but he said it was earlier. In fact he said it was one o=
f the first 1000 made. So I guess it is a BN1? 1953 =E2=80=93 1955?</=
p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Anyway, the=
guy claims he will one day restore both cars, which would be difficult as =
(a) he has very little mechanical knowledge, (b) he has no space or equipme=
nt, and (c) he is definitely getting along in age. I pestered him (mainly f=
or the TR3, but I was also interested in the Healey) but the one I should h=
ave been pestering was his wife who was telling him to sell. I may go=
back and try again in a month or so.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p><=
p class=3D"MsoNormal">So =E2=80=93 after all of that =E2=80=93 if the car i=
s as good as it looks, what does the list think it is worth ?</p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"> </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Andrew Uprichard</p></div><=
br><br><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>
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