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1956 Austin-Healey 100

M Le Mans
RM Auctions Online Only Open Roads Fall
Wednesday, 11 November - Friday, 20 November 2020
$236,500
Sale Price
$140,000 - 160,000
Est. Range
Yes
Reserve
20 November 2020
Sold Date
2073
Lot Number
#2-
Older restoration
RM Sotheby's
Auction House
Chassis no. BN2L231790. Healey Blue and Ivory White over dark blue. 2,660/110hp, 4-speed, chrome wire wheels, Vredestein Spring Classic tires, Lucas driving lights, Moto-Lita woodrim steering wheel, tonneau cover, side curtains.

Evaluation: Represented as a factory-built M model (rather than a period dealer conversion or a later clone). Restored in 1997 and got a replacement engine from another 100 M. More refurbishment work done in 2007. Very good older paint with a handful of cracks, chips, and scratches near some of the panel edges. Excellent interior. Engine bay and underbody show few signs of use. A well-kept older restoration. Located in California.

Bottom Line: With two minutes left in the auction, this car was sitting at a $155,000 high bid, which itself is a sensible number for an older restored 100 M, let alone one with a replacement engine. Seven late-in-the-game back-and-forth bids later, it’s downright expensive and well into concours car territory. The bidders used every trick in the online auction book (e.g., bid quick, bid slow, bid a triple increment) to try to put off the other and this is the result. Back in 2013, this car sold at Auctions America’s Burbank auction for $112,750, which was about condition #2- money at the time.

by Andrew Newton
14 December 2020
1956 Austin-Healey 100 M Le Mans
1956 Austin-Healey 100 M Le Mans interior
1956 Austin-Healey 100 M Le Mans tach

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