Hello all,
Well we can clearly see the louvered bonnet but without the Heritage numbers
and data we can't tell if she's a factory M or not. Poor thing looks pretty
stripped down for racing with almost nothing across the firewall, and
sporting an alternator. Too bad we can't see the rest of the car. These
pictures are extremely limiting in their views. Just for the record, this
car would have been produced about December of '55.
Jim, if you get over to see the car can you try to get the batch and body
number of the car and let me know. Also can we try to see who buys it and
let me know?
Thanks and regards,
Rich Chrysler
Hundred Registrar
From: Curt/Nancy Arndt [mailto:cnaarndt@gmail.com]
Sent: 2012-02-23 4:33
To: Jim & Karen Richmond
Cc: Rich Chrysler; healeys@autox.team.net; david/bonnie ayer
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
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