2015-12-08 18:21:09 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 10/15
www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/14-10-2015-ImperialWarMuseumDuxford-1392/1954A ...

Auction description:
Sale Date: 14th October 2015
Lot Number: 80
1954 Austin-Healey 100
Sold For £56,000
Reg Number: OWD 726
Chassis Number: BN1154134
Engine Number: 1B207076
Cc: 2600
Body Colour: Spruce Green
Trim Colour: Black
MOT ExpiryDate: Sept 2016

The home market BN1 on offer is a 1954 example that features smart Spruce Green bodywork complemented by Black interior trim and rides on silver-painted wire wheels. This particular 'Big' Healey has had four keepers to date and is the subject of an older restoration. The engine has been upgraded to 'M' specification ('M' spec. carburettors, cold air box, lightened fly wheel, uprated anti-roll bar, etc.) and the original gearbox replaced by the more desirable four-speed plus overdrive BN2 unit. 'OWD 726' has recently been treated to a full service by a marque specialist, and is described by the vendor as being 'well sorted' with 'excellent' bodywork and paintwork, and 'good' interior trim, engine and transmission. It is being sold complete with lead free conversion, Heritage Certificate, FIVA identity card and MOT until September 2016.

2023-07-08 07:48:57 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 8/23

www.silverstoneauctions.com/na-austin-healey-rec12518-2-silverston-0823&pn=1&pp=100

Auction description:

The Classic Sale at Silverstone Festival 2023

Very well restored BN1 fitted with the factory 'Le Mans' kit and benefiting from FIA papers and an FIVA Passport.

OWD 726, the delightful 1954 BN1 100/4 on offer here was shipped from Longbridge to the Donald Healey Motor Company in Warwick on 29th March 1954. It was registered by Healey Cars Limited on the 30th April 1954 (Certified copy of Warwick Registration in the history file) and we assume that in the intervening few weeks, whilst at the Cape, it was fitted with the factory's popular 'Le Mans' tuning kit as mentioned above.

Fully restored in the past and now classically presented in BRG over a gently patinated black leather interior, this lovely BN1 is being offered for sale as our private vendor’s plans have changed. It's accompanied by a full history file which contains its BMIHT History Certificate, photographs of the bare metal restoration, receipts for thousands of pounds worth of work carried out over the years, a set of current FIA papers, and an FIVA passport meaning that it is potentially eligible for many of the major historic motorsport events around the world. It has recently been set-up by engine tuning specialist Andrew Grabowski and details of this work are available upon request.

The Healey looks exactly as you might hope with silver wires, a Moto-Lita wood-rim wheel, a single leather strap over the louvred bonnet, 100M badges and a full set of weather protection, hood and side screens and, with its four-speed overdrive gearbox, we understand that it drives and performs very well. It was most recently in action at a Blyton Park track-day where noted VSCC racer and multiple class record holder, David Pryke, took it out for several laps and proclaimed it “exceptional”.

As a genuine BN1 with the factory-fitted 'Le Mans modification kit', FIA papers and an FIVA Passport, this eminently usable 100/4 would be welcome anywhere.