I don't see '100M' anywhere
(http://www.kruseclassics.com/index.cfm?id=208&auc_code=RO12&lot=67), but the
text kind of alludes to it.
Quick ways to tell a (likely) 100M: the distributor has a special model number
engraved on the body, and the carbs have some hand-written script that isn't on
the 'regular' carbs.
Bob
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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim & Karen Richmond" <jkrich@gvtc.com>
To: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt@gmail.com>
Cc: "david/bonnie ayer" <dbayer@swbell.net>, healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:43:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 M to be auctioned March 3rd
Thanks Curt,
As you point out, the text does not say the car is an M. However the caption
at the top of the description says:
LOT NO. 67
1955 Austin-Healey 100M
Two-Door Roadster
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Curt/Nancy Arndt
To: Jim & Karen Richmond
Cc: Rich Chrysler ; healeys@autox.team.net ; david/bonnie ayer
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 M to be auctioned March 3rd
Jim,
I do not see in the description where they are advertising this as a factory
100M just as a BN2 with the bigger carburetors, and therefore a possible a Le
Mans conversion. If they knew it was a real Factory "M", trust me they wold
advertise it as such. There is now too much of a price difference to not find
out for certain.
Cheers,
Curt
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Jim & Karen Richmond <jkrich@gvtc.com>
wrote:
A 1955 100 Chassis No. BN2L230235 will be sold at a no reserve auction
on
Saturday, March 3rd. This car, and 90+ other classics from Dick
Burdick's
Central Texas Museum of Automotive History will be sold by the Dan Kruse
Classics auction company starting at 10:00 AM at the Museum (which is
closing)
located at 2502 Highway 304, Smithville, Texas.
The Healey is being sold as a 100 M. Rich (or other Healey expert), can
you
tell me if this is a true factory or dealer conversion M, or is it a later
day
conversion? The write up says it has a Plexiglas windscreen (which I
don't
think was a feature of factory Ms), 1.75" H6 carburetor and a louvered
hood
with leather hold-down strap. It also says the car has been raced.
The photo on the Dan Kruse web site, dankruseclassics.com , with the
non-standard windscreen. The Healey is listed as Lot 57. It's hard to
tell
if it has a louvered hood and I don't see a hold down strap. The front,
and
probably the back bumpers are missing. If I have time, I will drive over
to
the Museum to take a look at the Healey and the other cars.
Jim Richmond
South Texas AHC
BN1
AN5
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