Lot #

5368

Location

Greensburg, PA 15601

Seller

Private

49500

2.6 litre Four Cylinder

3 Speed Manual

Red

156544

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Asking Price: $70,000 Questions

Built for just two years from 1953 to 1955, the first iteration of the Austin Healey, the 100/4 BN1 caused a sensation when it debuted at the 1952 London Motor Show. Fitted with a large, torquey 2,660cc four-cylinder engine, the light and streamlined Healey 100 was a genuine 100mph-plus car.

With a fold-flat windscreen, minimal creature comforts and plenty of urge, the Austin-Healey was the quintessential British sports car. These earliest 100/4s are highly regarded by Healey enthusiasts for their purity of line and raw sports car driving experience. It is a real sports car, easy to drive and maintain, with the right vintage exhaust sounds.

This example is in excellent condition, show ready, turnkey. Concours level restoration completed approx. 10 years ago. All metal, no bondo. No collision damage. Matching numbers car. Smooth shifting original 3 speed manual with working overdrive. Original 2.6 litre four cylinder, runs like new. All electrics and gauges work. No suspension issues, car runs straight and true.

This car has won multiple first place awards at shows. It is an excellent example of a full rotisserie restoration that has been well taken care of. It was properly restored and properly serviced after the restoration.

Underside done in original body color – you can eat off of it. No spray on tar or rattle can black paint covering anything here.

Top and side curtains in like new condition, I have newer used them. Tonneau cover in excellent shape. I usually only take car out on nice days and use the tonneau to cover the interior if needed.

History I know of car is that it started its life in the SW US and was purchased and brought up north by the previous owner in 1990. I have a folder an inch and a half thick full of records and receipts from 1990 onward. Original workshop manuals go with car as well. I have put maybe 700 miles on the car since I have owned it. Work that I completed on car when I acquired it was basic tune up, carb cleaning, rebuilding, and adjustments, new electronic ignition, etc.. , all the basics to make it roadworthy after it was sitting for awhile. Some parts that were necessary when the car was in AZ with me were an aluminum radiator and a larger cooling fan. It does get a bit warmer out there. All original parts were kept and in show condition and in working order. The original starter was slowly dying, so a new reduced gear starter was installed. Original starter was kept if one wants to rebuild it. All of these changes are easily reversible to get back to 100% concours originality, and can be installed by any average mechanic in a days work if one choses to do so. Clutch was replaced in 2022. Brakes recently inspected and serviced, and oil and fluids were changed in prep for sale. Other spares that go along with the car include a louvered 100M style hood and an extra cylinder head.

The car is the real deal. This car is not a $40k car with rust bubbles and needs . It is not a quick spray restoration with just the body painted and the underside not touched at all or coated in undercoat or spray can black paint to either hide something or give a cheap completed look. Please check the values online at Hagerty. One can buy a cheaper Healey, but to get one to this level with current restoration costs you will be into that cheaper car for a lot more than I am asking here.