Jim 58 BN6
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Hi,
This is my first post.
I recently purchased a '58 BN-6 project. It's a fairly complete car, and hasn't run since the late 70's/early 80's. It was apparently stored fairly well, since although there is rust in the usual places, it is actually fairly solid (the definition of solid will no doubt change as disassembly progresses!). I have a good title - the numbers are a close match!
Over the last couple of years, I have collected a lot of the books for research and restoration of Healeys. In my dealings with TR's over the last 40 or so years, I know that the cars were sometimes titled as the year sold, rather than the year built (I own a '68 TR4A, for example). After looking through the Healey books, it appears that mine is a very late BN-6, so I had the BMIHT do 3 email searches for colors, engine number and date built. My car's colors and engine number match their research, but they show a build date in early March, 1959.
So, I think I have the car that I think I have, except the title shows a "zero" instead of the "O" for overdrive, and the YOM as 1958.
Does anyone have a clue as to why this could be anything other than a mistake? Since the BN-7 was about to arrive, were all the the remaining BN-6 cars sold as '58's?
I have ordered a BMIHT certificate. I have not yet titled the car here in NM since they can be a major PITA.
Should I hire a local title service to try to use the BMIHT data to correct the car's information, or just go with what's there? I worry that it might be an issue if I should want to sell the car. If I have the BMIHT certificate, and the numbers match, is that enough to satisfy most folks?
Thanks in advance,
Jim
This is my first post.
I recently purchased a '58 BN-6 project. It's a fairly complete car, and hasn't run since the late 70's/early 80's. It was apparently stored fairly well, since although there is rust in the usual places, it is actually fairly solid (the definition of solid will no doubt change as disassembly progresses!). I have a good title - the numbers are a close match!
Over the last couple of years, I have collected a lot of the books for research and restoration of Healeys. In my dealings with TR's over the last 40 or so years, I know that the cars were sometimes titled as the year sold, rather than the year built (I own a '68 TR4A, for example). After looking through the Healey books, it appears that mine is a very late BN-6, so I had the BMIHT do 3 email searches for colors, engine number and date built. My car's colors and engine number match their research, but they show a build date in early March, 1959.
So, I think I have the car that I think I have, except the title shows a "zero" instead of the "O" for overdrive, and the YOM as 1958.
Does anyone have a clue as to why this could be anything other than a mistake? Since the BN-7 was about to arrive, were all the the remaining BN-6 cars sold as '58's?
I have ordered a BMIHT certificate. I have not yet titled the car here in NM since they can be a major PITA.
Should I hire a local title service to try to use the BMIHT data to correct the car's information, or just go with what's there? I worry that it might be an issue if I should want to sell the car. If I have the BMIHT certificate, and the numbers match, is that enough to satisfy most folks?
Thanks in advance,
Jim
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