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Shane
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">On May 15th, 1962, a rather unique Ivory BT7 with a louvered hood and chrome windshield pillars was dispatched from the Abington plant.
On May 21st, 1970, an Ivory Irish boy with red hair and strong vocal chords was dispatched from the Defiance City Hospital in Ohio.
That makes our "mistress" eight years older than me, and the wife eight years younger!
This year, for her birthday, she's getting four new Vredstein shoes...even if she doesn't blow all 48 candles out with her exhaust.
While going through the mounds of receipts that came with the car when we purchased it (including an oil change receipt from 1972 that totaled...$7.82!), I found a sheet of paper signed by the second owner of the car. This is the first paragraph:
<span style="font-style: italic">"In the spring of 1962, Ray Michaels, of St. Louis, Missouri, ordered a 1962 Austin Healey 3000 Mark II Series BT7. At the time, Mr. Michaels was a partner in Abington Motors, a very successful BMC dealership located in St. Louis, Missouri. The car was scheduled to be delivered to him during a trip to Europe in early summer of 1962. He asked that the car be delivered to the Austin Healey/BMC showroom in London for him to pick up. As it turns out, on May 15th, 1962, Donald Healey drove the car from the Abington plant to London for personal delivery to his U.S. dealer as a goodwill gesture. Mr. Michaels drove the car on vacation through England and shipped it back to St. Louis."</span>
Pretty cool story, even though there's really no way of verifying this information. I had heard about it's history from quite a few sources here in St. Louis, but I've never seen it documented. As far as added "value," it doesn't really matter, the car is staying in the family. The fact that it was an engagement gift between my wife and me means way more to me than whatever value this story would bring. Just thought I'd share it.
Once she tries on her new "shoes," I'll post some updated pictures.
Shane</span>
On May 21st, 1970, an Ivory Irish boy with red hair and strong vocal chords was dispatched from the Defiance City Hospital in Ohio.
That makes our "mistress" eight years older than me, and the wife eight years younger!
This year, for her birthday, she's getting four new Vredstein shoes...even if she doesn't blow all 48 candles out with her exhaust.
While going through the mounds of receipts that came with the car when we purchased it (including an oil change receipt from 1972 that totaled...$7.82!), I found a sheet of paper signed by the second owner of the car. This is the first paragraph:
<span style="font-style: italic">"In the spring of 1962, Ray Michaels, of St. Louis, Missouri, ordered a 1962 Austin Healey 3000 Mark II Series BT7. At the time, Mr. Michaels was a partner in Abington Motors, a very successful BMC dealership located in St. Louis, Missouri. The car was scheduled to be delivered to him during a trip to Europe in early summer of 1962. He asked that the car be delivered to the Austin Healey/BMC showroom in London for him to pick up. As it turns out, on May 15th, 1962, Donald Healey drove the car from the Abington plant to London for personal delivery to his U.S. dealer as a goodwill gesture. Mr. Michaels drove the car on vacation through England and shipped it back to St. Louis."</span>
Pretty cool story, even though there's really no way of verifying this information. I had heard about it's history from quite a few sources here in St. Louis, but I've never seen it documented. As far as added "value," it doesn't really matter, the car is staying in the family. The fact that it was an engagement gift between my wife and me means way more to me than whatever value this story would bring. Just thought I'd share it.
Once she tries on her new "shoes," I'll post some updated pictures.
Shane</span>
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