During the 1950s the most accessible, most appealing and in many cases the most successful club racing car available to any aspiring racing driver was one of the products of the Donald Healey Motor Company's famous factory at The Cape, Warwick.

This particular appealing and in-period highly successful Austin-Healey 100S is a shining example of the type.

It has an outstanding record as a club racing contender raced over a seven-year period from 1955 until 1962.

As a genuine 100S it was one of only 55 such Austin-Healeys produced during 1955, of which at most only 38 are believed to survive today.

While the standard 100S specification included a 2660cc in-line 4-cylinder engine tuned to develop a maximum 132bhp at 4,700rpm, all in a chassis and body unit weighing only 2,960lbs (891Kg), 'EVV 106' offered here was distinguished almost from new by two distinctive features.

Firstly – as required by first owner David Shale – 'EVV106' was equipped with an Aston Martin gearbox during produ...