Austin-Healey Special Test Car straight from the barn (Update: the 100S Special ! )

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The story is well known… at the 1955 Le Mans 24-hour Pierre Levegh in his Mercedes 300 SLR was lapping the much slower Austin Healey of Lance Macklin, when he hit the rear of the Healey, and crashed into the tribunes. Eighty people were killed, including Pierre Levegh.
Subsequently the Austin Healey was impounded by the French authorities for some 18 months, before being released blame-free back to the Donald Healey Motor Company. It was then repaired and restored at their Warwick factory and returned to competition in private hands through the late 1950s and into the 1960s. For 42 years this 1953 Austin-Healey '100' has been stored, untouched, but will now be offered by Bonhams at their December Sale at Mercedes-Benz World, Weybridge. We suspect an historic car like this one will not come cheap!
(photos courtesy Bonhams)

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