General description :
This big Healey is a classic example of the true British sports car. Built in September 1956 in Longbridge, England and finished in ivory white and black, this classic was manufactured to North American specifications and is used regularly. It comes with three black tops, folding, tonneau and a very rare factory hard top. It is optioned with overdrive, wire wheels, heater, dip headlights and turn flashing lights. The car also has the original owners handbook. It comes with a certified copy of a factory record from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust with matching numbers. Present owner has owned this vehicle for 25 years and done extensive work.
Austin-Healey was a British sports car make created as a joint-venture between the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and the Donald Healey Motor Company.
First Healey model, Healey 100, was based on Austin A90 Atlantic mechanicals and developed by Donald Healey to be build in-house. They finished a single Healey Hundred for the 1952 London Motor Show. Leonard Lord, managing director of Austin was so impressed by the design that a deal was duly struck with Healey and the car was renamed the Austin-Healey 100 overnight. Austin Healey was born. 100 derived into 100-six, and different 3000 versions before they quit the production in 1968 as the basic design had finally become obsolete.