I don't think you can say with certainty without inspecting it to see if it
was stamped, or welded in. The Healey's did all sorts of prototyping, and
very often, the stuff got sold to some dealer they had a personal
relationship with.
Books aren't the "end all" when it comes to truth. In fact, Geoff was quite
pissed off at the various inaccuracies that made it to print, because people
assumed if they read it in a book, it was true.
WST
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Fornal [mailto:tequila.brad@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:13 AM
To: Linda Grunthaner
Cc: WFO Herb; Frank Clarici; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Bugeye with trunk
IF it were the REAL DEAL, it would have been mentioned in a book,
somewhere. The 2 or 3 prototypes with the new nose on the Bugeye body
were mentioned. Why not this one?
Answer, because it isn't real..........
On 1/13/07, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Spridgets,
> I got a reply from the owner of this car and he said;
>
> "Bill Meade of the 100M LeMans club has been to my shop & photographed
this
> car & he can tell you that its NOT A KIT.
> weve had people from around the world call & verifie that they made a hand
> ful of these cars & most of them went to sweden or switzerland.
> this is a very rare car"
>
> It is tempting but 3K is very steep for this condition. I asked for a
> Heritage Certificate today. I'll keep you all posted. I also asked Reid
but
> he couldn't confirm.
> Lin
>
> On 1/11/07, WFO Herb <froggi60@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What's the verdict, is this car for real? Never heard\read of one
myself.
> > WFO
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