Sold for £27,000
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: 1724 KH
Chassis No: BN6/3170
MOT: Exempt
Motor Car Location: Norfolk
1 of just 4,150 two-seater BN6 cars made
A home market example which was first registered in Kingston-upon-Hull on 19th September 1958
Original buff logbook and factory hardtop
Supplier’s plaque from MacDonalds Cars & Commercials Ltd of Beverley Road, Hull
Current ownership since 1984
Matching chassis and engine numbers
Original Dark Blue leather upholstery (albeit distressed in places)
Very sparingly used over the past thirty-six years with the odometer reading climbing from 57,304 to 62,376 miles
Only driven 1,000 or so miles over the past twenty years due to family and work commitments
The subject of an older repaint which now shows numerous defects
Understood to be solid underneath with some chassis repairs being carried out by Norfolk Classic & Sportscars in June 2016 alongside suspension, brake and engine work
Dry stored when not in use, ‘1724 KH’ started readily during our recent photography session
Offered for sale with its RF60 buff logbook, numerous receipts for work carried out, assorted old MOT certificates and various old photographs
Model Background:
Donald Healey's eponymous company built a prototype two-seater sports car for display at the 1952 London Motor Show. It was based on Austin A90 Atlantic mechanicals and sported a sleek body designed by Gerry Coker and built by Tickford. It was dubbed the `Healey Hundred' (a moniker chosen to reflect the car's ability to reach 100mph), and Healey planned to build production versions at his factory in Warwick. As things transpired, the prototype captivated the public and so excited Austin's Managing Director, Leonard Lord, that he agreed to build the car in volume at Longbridge. The newcomer was renamed the Austin-Healey 100. The rest is history. The production bodyshells were made by Jensen and then transported to Longbridge where the cars were assembled alongside the A90. The early cars (code named BN1 and BN2) were equipped with the same four-cylinder 90bhp 2660cc engine as the A90. The 100 had 11-inch drum brakes all round. The front suspension was independent by coil springs while the rear featured a traditional live axle supported by semi-elliptic leaf springs. The steering was by cam and lever. The last of the 100 models, the BN4 (2+2 seater) and BN6 (2-seater) had a two-inch longer wheelbase and were powered by the six-cylinder 2639cc BMC C Series engine previously found in the Austin Westminster. Early versions gave 102bhp, but by 1957 output of the 100-Six had risen to 117bhp (thanks to the adoption of a new twelve-port cylinder head).
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Auction: A|B|C Live Auction Online, 24th Jun, 2020
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