There will be a major feature on this car and this sale in an upcoming issue
of HEALEY MARQUE, with several never-before/seldom seen photos and some
insider info. For example, an inside source has told us that he expects the
car to sell for a figure beginning with a 7 or an 8, as in 700,000-899,999 UK
Pounds. There's more.
This is a fascinating chapter in the history of what could be labeled the most
interesting Austin-Healey ever made. I predicted in 2008 that it would not
be too long before a 100S sold for more than $1m, and I think that this is
going to be that sale.
My vote for what to do with it (not that the new owner is likely to put it to
a vote!) is to restore it to the high point of its history; namely, what it
looked like at the beginning of the 1955 Le Mans.
Reid TrummelPortland, Oregon, USA
> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:58:03 +0100
> From: <Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com>
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> Subject: [Healeys] Lot No: 433
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> To leave it as it is, the car will be too expensive. As there is no real
value
> in a car which looks awful (have seen and touched the car last year) as it
is
> today, I presume the owner wants to bring it back to drivable condition. And
I
> am sure the new owner knows what he will do with it. Any way then its his
car
> and his decision. Perhaps he may have sleepless nights, perhaps not. But
why
> shall we care? We can`t influence him.
> Anyway we may need to await his decision, perhaps we never see the car
again,
> when it goes into a private collection.
>
> Josef Eckert
> Germany
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