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Speaking of Healey values (as we were in a different thread), I'd be interested in forum members' thoughts on the added value/price of a 100 versus a 100 with the Le Mans kit installed.
Recall that the kit consists primarily of:
• Twin 1 3/4-inch H6 SU carburetors.
• Aluminum intake manifolds.
• Carburetor cold air box and special air tube.
• High-lift camshaft.
• Distributor with modified automatic advance curve.
• Steel-faced cylinder head gasket.
• Valve springs, cups and seats; various gaskets and hardware.
Please also note that this kit did not include high-compression pistons or the louvered bonnet and leather bonnet strap associated with the 100M, although it is rare to find a Kit-equipped car without a louvered bonnet - seems that owners can't resist the urge to install one!
Now these kits could have been installed back in the day by the Donald Healey Motor Company or some other dealer, and they could have been installed by an owner or a mechanic.
Moreover, they can still be installed today, and many of the components are readily available.
I maintain that a 100 with the Kit installed way back when, with original parts, is at least more interesting than a 100 that has received these components more recently and probably includes some reproduction parts.
The problem in valuing them is that we're faced with overlapping continuum of when the Kit was installed, how much of it was installed, and how much of the kit is composed of original components versus modern reproduction parts. How can we attach any rational dollar values to cars that fall on all different parts of this three-dimensional matrix?
Two cars may be identical, but if one had the Kit installed in 1955 in Warwick by Donald Healey's company (and there are receipts to prove it) and the other had all of the same and original kit components installed last week in an owner's garage, what's the value difference?
Extra credit: Find the value of pi to the last digit. Explain your methodology in terms of transcendental number theory. :crazy:
Recall that the kit consists primarily of:
• Twin 1 3/4-inch H6 SU carburetors.
• Aluminum intake manifolds.
• Carburetor cold air box and special air tube.
• High-lift camshaft.
• Distributor with modified automatic advance curve.
• Steel-faced cylinder head gasket.
• Valve springs, cups and seats; various gaskets and hardware.
Please also note that this kit did not include high-compression pistons or the louvered bonnet and leather bonnet strap associated with the 100M, although it is rare to find a Kit-equipped car without a louvered bonnet - seems that owners can't resist the urge to install one!
Now these kits could have been installed back in the day by the Donald Healey Motor Company or some other dealer, and they could have been installed by an owner or a mechanic.
Moreover, they can still be installed today, and many of the components are readily available.
I maintain that a 100 with the Kit installed way back when, with original parts, is at least more interesting than a 100 that has received these components more recently and probably includes some reproduction parts.
The problem in valuing them is that we're faced with overlapping continuum of when the Kit was installed, how much of it was installed, and how much of the kit is composed of original components versus modern reproduction parts. How can we attach any rational dollar values to cars that fall on all different parts of this three-dimensional matrix?
Two cars may be identical, but if one had the Kit installed in 1955 in Warwick by Donald Healey's company (and there are receipts to prove it) and the other had all of the same and original kit components installed last week in an owner's garage, what's the value difference?
Extra credit: Find the value of pi to the last digit. Explain your methodology in terms of transcendental number theory. :crazy: