1956 Austin Healey 100 M "Le Mans" Roadster
edited by David Barth, 5 December 2008.
Courtesy "The Auto Collections" showroom at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las, Vegas, Nevada, USA. Photos were
taken 5 November 2007.
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): BN2L 230739
Date built: 7 February 1956
This car has a Certified British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate number 97/7743. It is registered in the
100-M registry. The car has retained its original, factory built color scheme of
Ivory/Black. At 65,700 miles, the car had a complete restoration at Fourintune Garage in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA,
one of the country's top Austin Healey restoration experts.
Characteristics
- Louvered bonnet
- Overdrive
- Aluminum cold air box attached to the larger 1 3/4 inch SU H6 Carburetors
- Higher profiled cam shaft with stronger air springs
- Steel-faced head gasket
- High compression pistons (8-1.1)
- Special distributor advance curve, which all added up to a power output of 110 bhp at 4500 rpm
At the time this photo was taken, the price was $185,000.
