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Gary,
It was a Best of Show winner. Here's a pic:
https://pebblebeachconcours.net/gallery/best-of-show/
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 2:42 PM editorgary--- via Healeys <
healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
> I just got a phone call this morning from a friend who had heard from some
> local folks in the Pebble Beach Sportscar Club that "a 1954 Healey 100 that
> had been a class winner at Pebble Beach would be coming up for sale at
> auction soon" but he didn't know anything more than that.
>
> SInce my friend doesn't know much Healey history, he wouldn't know that
> there was one and only one Austin-Healey 100 that ever appeared on the
> field at the Pebble Beach Concours (there was a much-modified Healey-based
> car a year or two ago in a special racing class, but that doesn't count
> here). That would have been the original demo Healey that Donald Healey
> drove crosscountry in 1953, and that Healey was shown at Pebble Beach with
> a best-in-class or best-in-show award to its credit (I've forgotten which,
> and my book is moot on the point, but does note that the car is still in
> existence and owned by a private party).
>
> So, does anyone know anything more about the potential sale of the demo
> car, or some car that sounds similar?
>
> Let us know.
>
> Gary Anderson
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Gary,<div><br></div><div>It was a Best of Show winner.=C2=
=A0 Here's a pic:=C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://pebblebeachconcours.net=
/gallery/best-of-show/">https://pebblebeachconcours.net/gallery/best-of-sho=
w/</a></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"=
gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 2:42 PM editorgary--- via Healeys <<=
a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style=3D"color:black;font:10pt Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<div><font size=3D"2">I just got a phone call this morning from a friend wh=
o had heard from some local folks in the Pebble Beach Sportscar Club that &=
quot;a 1954 Healey 100 that had been a class winner at Pebble Beach would b=
e coming up for sale at auction soon" but he didn't know anything =
more than that.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2">SInce my friend doesn't know much Healey history,=
he wouldn't know that there was one and only one Austin-Healey 100 tha=
t ever appeared on the field at the Pebble Beach Concours (there was a much=
-modified Healey-based car a year or two ago in a special racing class, but=
that doesn't count here). That would have been the original demo Heale=
y that Donald Healey drove crosscountry in 1953, and that Healey was shown =
at Pebble Beach with a best-in-class or best-in-show award to its credit (I=
've forgotten which, and my book is moot on the point, but does note th=
at the car is still in existence and owned by a private party).</font></div=
>
<div><font size=3D"2"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2">So, does anyone know anything more about the potentia=
l sale of the demo car, or some car that sounds similar?<br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2">Let us know.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2"><br>
Gary Anderson<br>
</font></div>
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