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£2,475
1955 Austin-Healey 100
United Kingdom • 29 Nov 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This 1955 Austin-Healey 100 is a left-hand drive export model that has been in the same family since 1992. It's an interesting project car that requires significant restoration, including addressing corrosion, fitting an interior, and reassembling engine components. The car comes with a heritage certificate and import paperwork, offering potential for a rewarding restoration.
Condition
3
The car is described as a project car with some corrosion, no interior, and various engine parts removed. It comes from a deceased estate and was purchased from Texas before being brought to the UK in 1992. Given its condition and the need for significant restoration, it would not rate highly on the condition scale.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
BN2- L/228891
Odometer:
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Reg Number:
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RHD/LHD:
LHD
Dominating the 1952 Earl's Court Motor Show, the 'Healey Hundred' drew crowds like a magnet.
Penned by Gerry Coker, its low-slung stance, swooping lines and fold flat 'racing' windscreen screamed sports car.
Conscious that there was a gap in the export market between Jaguar's XK range and the MG T-series, BMC supremo, Leonard Lord immediately propositioned Donald Healey as to a joint venture.
A facsimile of the show car, the resultant Austin-Healey 100 sat atop a rigid box-section chassis equipped with independent coil-sprung front suspension, a 'live' rear axle and all-round drum brakes.
Powered by the Austin A90 Atlantic 2660cc engine developing some 90bhp and 144lbft of torque, it offered strong acceleration and a 110mph top speed.
As part of his tireless publicity campaign to promote the newcomer, Donald Healey entered a team of four pre-production cars for the 1953 Le Mans 24-hour race.
Running with standard windscreens, interiors and even bumpers, two of this mildly tweaked...
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