[Healeys] It's time to let it go

Sat Oct 15 11:05:23 MDT 2022

I bought my BT7 48 years ago from a delightful Irishman. He had bought it new.  Unfortunately died a few years ago but when he was still around I would visit him periodically and over a glass of sherry (or two) he would recall stories about the car while in his ownership.  One recollection was that while working late one evening in his Toronto office (he was an engineer), he heard a Healey start up and to his horror watched out the window as someone tore out of the parking lot in his car.  He feared the worst as there had been a rash of sports car thefts and the kids who were stealing were joyriding for a few hours then driving them into Lake Ontario.

The car was found by the police later that night on Lakeshore Road – out of gas.  The car probably dodged a bullet that night.

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of i erbs
Sent: October 15, 2022 12:17 PM
To: Jim Ryan <ryan at jimryan.com>
Cc: List Healey <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] It's time to let it go

Years ago a friends corvair convertible was stolen. When he got it back it had been detailed, the top was fixed and it had a full tank of gas...

On Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 6:11 AM Jim Ryan via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

Speaking of themes...

That BJ 7 I bought in 1974 was stolen a week after I got it, no insurance.3 months later I had moved and was getting ready to go look at an MGB for sale when I thought I would give the Boston police one more call. They said they were glad to hear from me because they found the car a month ago, but because I had moved they had no way to get ahold of me. So I took a bus and hitched a ride out to Groton Massachusetts where I found it sitting at a gas station. Funny thing was,  it was also full of camping equipment, that wasn't there when it got stolen. Everything was in the car my tools, nick-nacks, the only thing that was damaged was the trunk lock and the ignition. I guess they would just turn the battery off to stop it, then turn it on to start it up.

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 12:02 PM Christopher Moog via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote:

What is this a running theme. I purchased a BJ7 in the mid 1990s. Started restoring. Moved several times. When I retrieved it from a rental garage (four years ago after having stored it five years) the interior had been stolen. It was in separate boxes waiting for me to finish the body. So now I have no seats, carpets, door cards or interior trim. It was all leather and worth several grand. That took the steam out of me finishing the car. 

I'm retiring this spring so I hope to put the time (and money) into get it done. Well see if this happens or if I too end up selling and enjoying a different car. Though I could give it to a 20 something nephew has the skill to finish it. He is not yet shown interest in something like that, he's more into mid-80s pick-up trucks. But tastes change.

Good luck with the paring down of projects. Life gets shorter and we all have to decide what we want to spend our time doing. Driving a Bugeye is a lot more fun to most people than restoring a car.

On 10/14/2022 9:10 AM, Jim Ryan wrote:

Sorry, fat fingered that last email. 

What I was going to say was how similar your story is to mine. I bought a BJ 7 in 1974, never really fully restored it as I wanted to, and neither of my son's wanted it. So I ended up selling it for what I could get about four years ago and picked up a little Bugeye driver. I still have it and in some ways enjoying it more than the big Healy.

Anyway, what part of New Hampshire are you in? I'm on the Seacoast.

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 9:06 AM Jim Ryan <ryan at jimryan.com <mailto:ryan at jimryan.com> > wrote:

Hey Kent,  

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:32 PM Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net <mailto:kentmclean at comcast.net> > wrote:

I've owned my 1956 100 since April of 1974. I bought it with the intention of restoring it, but life has gotten in the way and it is still waiting for my attention. It is with a heavy heart that I've resigned myself to passing along the dream.  Contact me off-list, subject line BN2, and I'll give you the details. First detail: it is located in New Hampshire, USA. The list has first dibs; if it doesn't sell here, it goes to eBay.

Kent McLean
'56 100 and '60 Bugeye

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