This car has such a stunning history that in my view it should be left
largely as is but made in a car that can be driven in events that it was
designed, build, improved, modified for. No paint just restore rot and
repair mechanicals.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Op 23-11-2011 16:29, m.brouillette@comcast.net schreef:
> Interesting question as also brought up by the auction house is if you owned
>this car, to what period would you restore this car if you did? Would it be
>brought back to the original 1953 or the 1955 iteration? Nice problem to have
>if you were made of money...
>
> Mike Brouillette
> 59 Bt7
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Felts"<tomfelts@windstream.net>
> To: "Jose Vicente Vargas"<jvvmusme@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Healey List"<healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:52:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lot No: 433
>
> The only reason I asked was that this appeared to be a "prototype" leading to
>the 100S--------but not "technically" one of the 52 100S's.
>
> It was listed as "1953-55 Austin-Healey Special Test Car/100S Prototype
>Sports-", and they said "As part of his original Austin-Healey Hundred
>production agreement with Leonard Lord of the British Motor Corporation,
>specialist constructor Donald Healey had undertaken to produce four Special
>Test Cars for racing and record breaking"
>
> So, it is a historic and very valuable car, but my question was --was it
>truly one of THE 52 (I believe) 100S models that we hear so much about.
>
> No problem either way--it is a valuable car.
>
> tom,
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