editor reid,thank you but im fully aware of how the healey numbers are used,im just pitching fire balls at the B.J.matching number stigma,or havent you noticed what i predicted about a year ago is now happening i.e.more and more healeys for sale stating "matching numbers" like i could give a rats aseptic view! just wait guys,i bet it gets much worse,thanks again barret jackson!this weekend i watched a guy buy one of three olds concept cars on the show,the bidding was so fierce id rather have jumped into a pool of starving blue sharks after severing one of my own limbs! 3 million? come on,give a kid a heart transplant!when ya get right down to it,its nuthin but metal,plastic,and some rubber,even i have to draw the line someplace,i met a guy this summer that on a whim went out to arizona to B.J. auction,bid only 14 thou, on a totaly restored and valuable mustang that had no reserve,yup,he got it,thats what i like to hear out of that place! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif