Description
Stunning Concourse show winning car with FIVA Passport. 500 miles since rebuild. Call me on mobile: the details below
The Austin Healey 100 was a complete sensation when introduced at the 1952 Earls Court Motor Show. A true 100mph British open top sports car at just over half the price of a Jaguar XK120. The original BN1 model proved extremely popular, particularly in America with 10030 being sold world wide.
This Car
* YEAR 1955
* MAKE Austin-Healey
* MODEL 100/ 4 (BN1)
* ENGINE CAPACITY 2660cc
* EXTERIOR Pacific Green / Old English White
* INTERIOR/ TRIM Grey / Green piping
* RHD/ LHD - LHD
* TRANSMISSION 3-Speed Manual w. Overdrive
* CHASSIS NO.
BN1-L226652
* ENGINE NO. 1B226652M
* REGISTRATION 801 YUP
* RECORDED MILEAGE 44, 284 Kilometres
High taugh Starter and spin off oil filter
About THIS CAR matching numbers with heritage certificate and FIVA passport.
* Delivered new to Dusseldorf, Germany, on the 20th June 1955 and is equipped with KPH speedometer
* Sadly, we know little about the car’s early life. Our knowledge begins in 2009 when the car was bought from US Austin-Healey specialist, Fred Brandeneur (of Fred’s Healeys). I have his contact details.
* The car was originally painted Carmine Red, but the owner commissioned Fred to carry out a full nut-and-bolt restoration of the car immediately after purchase.
* During this 2-year long process, the body was completely stripped back and a ground up restoration nut and bolt was completed and being repainted in the beautiful two-tone Pacific Green / Old English White colour scheme it wears today.
* What’s more, the engine and all the mechanicals were fully rebuilt.
* Once completed, the car was imported and registered here in the UK in 2011, (with first MOT dated 2012) where it has been used sparingly since around 500 kilometres since rebuild.
* The car is accompanied by a full weather kit in superb shape, as well as the correct tool kit and jack.
* Despite having little in the way of history/ paperwork, the quality of the restoration speaks for itself. The car presents in absolutely immaculate show winning concourse condition, as can be seen in the gallery of photographs below, and is a true ‘on-the-button’ starter.
Over all
* The quality of the restoration work that’s gone into this car, and the small amount of use it’s had since, mean that this is essentially a full-restored car
* There are lots of other examples out there for similar money that claim ‘older’ restorations, but have become quite tired around the edges since. Not this car.
* I would urge anyone who’s interested to have a good look through the photographs we’ve taken, especially the underside shots. The car is clean as a whistle. Not a spec of rust in sight.
* Some people will be put off by the fact it’s a LHD, but anyone who has driven a 100/ 4 will confirm how little this matters. The car is so much smaller, so much narrower, that most other traffic, that even though you’re sat on the other side of the car, you don’t feel the least bit out of place on the road! And, of course, if you do decide to head across the Channel for European events, the car will be even more in its element especially with KPH speedometer.
* This car must be seen to be appreciated
