26th May, 2021 13:00

Imperial War Museum Duxford

 
  Lot 13
 

1958 Austin-Healey 100/6
Echoing the BMC rally cars of the period


Lot details

Registration No: 381 UYT
Chassis No: BN4-L/73991
MOT: Exempt

  • Subject to a recent gearbox overhaul
  • Offered with a large collection of invoices from AH spares
  • Echoing the BMC rally cars of the period

The Healey 100/4 was designed by Donald Healey's eponymous company, and assembled by Austin at Longbridge using Austin A90 Atlantic mechanicals and bodies crafted by Jensen Motors. It had been the star of the 1952 London Motorshow and subsequently took the American market by storm too. For 1956, the wheelbase was lengthened, the bodywork facelifted and the four-cylinder engine replaced by BMC's six-cylinder C Series engine. Called the 100/6, it was initially available in 2+2 guise (BN4), with the two-seater (BN6) version like the sale car following in 1957.

Echoing the Works Healey rally cars of the period such as FAC 57, ‘381 UYT’ was originally dispatched on December 22, 1958 as an LHD, North American Export example to Seattle, Washington with factory equipment such as laminated windscreen, wire wheels, heater and overdrive. Brought back to the UK in September 2016, and was soon the subject of an extensive mechanical overhaul which included the following: engine and carburettor overhaul, refurbished and upgrade to the braking system, upgraded and overhauled suspension and many new parts including aluminium fenders, sports side exhaust, aluminium fuel tank with le mans style filler cap plus new starter motor, alternator, water pump, fuel pump, radiator, wire wheels with Avon road sport tyres and a new interior. Furthermore, the gearbox was overhauled just 60 miles ago at a cost of £1,400. ‘381 UYT’ is offered with Works-style hardtop, large collection of invoices from AH spares, Heritage certificate, reproduction service manual plus handbook and a collection of photographs of the restoration on a memory stick.

A matching numbers car that starts and drives ‘very well’, the vendor presently classifies its manual gearbox as ‘excellent’, the interior trim and straight-six engine as ‘very good’, the electrical equipment and bodywork as 'good' and the paintwork as ‘average’.

For more information, please contact:
James McWilliam
james.mcwilliam@handh.co.uk
07943 584760

 

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Auction: Imperial War Museum Duxford, 26th May, 2021

AUCTION VENUE
Imperial War Museum
Duxford
Cambridgeshire
CB22 4QR

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