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1959 Austin-Healey 100/6 BN4

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Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

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Year:
1959
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1959 Austin-Healey 100/6 BN4 for sale

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For sale by auction on Saturday 01 June 2013 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170 or 07733290120
The Austin-Healey 100 is a sports car built between 1953 and
1956 by the British Motor Corporation. It was developed by
Donald Healey to be produced in-house by Healey's small car company
in Warwick and based on Austin A90 Atlantic mechanics. Healey built
a single 'Healey Hundred' for the 1952 London Motor Show and the
design impressed Leonard Lord. Managing Director of Austin so much
that a deal was struck with Healey to build it in quantity at
Austin's Longbridge factory. The car was renamed the Austin-Healey
100. The '100' name comes from Donald Healey. who selected the name
from the car's ability to reach 100mph as opposed to the
Austin-Healey 3000. which is named for its 3000cc engine. The final
'100' models. 1956's 'BN4' (2+2 seats) and 1958's 'BN6' (2 seats)
were six-cylinder 100-Six cars. To make room for the occasional
seats the wheelbase was increased by 2". The bonnet had a built-in
air scoop and the windscreen no longer could be folded down. The
cars used a tuned version of the BMC C-Series engine previously
fitted to Austin Westminster which at first produced 102bhp
increasing to 117bhp in 1957 by fitting a revised manifold and
cylinder head. The overdrive unit became an option rather than a
standard fitting. In late 1957 production was transferred from
Longbridge to the MG plant at Abingdon. A 117bhp BN6 tested by The
Motor magazine in 1959 had a top speed of 103. 9mph and could
accelerate from 0-60 mph in 10. 7 seconds - a real performance
car in their day.



This left-hand drive Austin Healey 100/6 BN4 has been fitted
with a fully braced anti-roll bar. Richfield bucket seats. JDW
Minilite wheels. triple SU Carburettors. louvered bonnet and disc
brakes to the front. Finished in red. this car is supplied with a
V5 registration document. and represents a good fast project
waiting to be finished as an out and out racer or put back to fast
road car specification.


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