This 1955 Austin-Healey 100S is one of 50 examples of the production alloy-bodied sports racer manufactured in 1955 and was imported to the US when new by Gough Industries in Los Angeles.

Chassis AHS-3706 is said to have been sold new through Burbank Sports Cars in Los Angeles and campaigned locally by the dealership’s owner before being sold to its next owner, who continued to race it at area circuits through 1959.

The car’s racing career carried on through the early 1960s under ownership by a Southern California Army Warrant Officer who sold it upon his reassignment to Korea.

After twice changing hands in the mid-1960s, it spent several years in disrepair until being acquired in 1979 by a Sacramento owner who completed a refurbishment in the mid-1990s.

After leaving California and spending time with a Pennsylvania owner, the car was acquired in 2006 by Healey Werks in Iowa, from whom it was purchased by the selling dealer in 2011.

An ensuing refurbishment included a repaint of t...