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$199,000
1956 Austin-Healey 100M
Price:
$199,000
Financing:
Summary:
Used 1956
Location:
Elyria, OH
Description:
Sunnyside Chevrolet of Elyria, Ohio in conjunction with Greg'sSports, Classic, & Muscle is proud to offer for sale this beautifulCONCOURS GOLD JUDGED Healey 100 FACTORY M!!! This Healey Factory M is the result of years of effort and lots andlots of money- in excess of 160K in restoration receipts. Theresult is a Concours Gold Judged example in its very first judging.This car is simply amazing. It is of course registered in the BillMeade Healey Factory M registry as a real, factory-built Healey M.Estimates have around 200 still in existence. If this is not the best restored factory M in the country, I'd liketo see the one that is better- please feel free to speak with medirectly regarding this car on my cell- Greg, 440 823 XXXX. Mybrother John and I owned this car for 20 years before we enteredinto an agreement for a ground up restoration to be performed byour highly skilled and dear friends- Darryl Wagner at AutomotiveArtistry and Gary Feldman, Austin Healey Club of America PastPresident Emeritus and a Healey 100 Concours Judge....we wanted thebest and we got it- thank you gentlemen. There was never any discussion of shortcuts on this car- the answerwas always the same- make it right. Now for the car- Documented as one of the original 640 Factory Mcars built by Austin Healey, we also believe this is one of thebest color combinations in black over red with a red interior. TheHeritage Certificate indicated this is precisely how the factorybuilt it in 1956! Matching numbers throughout and correctlyrestored to the birth certificate. The car was disassembled down to the last bit and every piece ofthis M has been fully restored. The process took almost two yearsto complete and is very correct and very sympathetic to what iscorrect for a car of this caliber. Obviously, there's a fewdifferent ways to do this- buy reproduction parts and slap them onor do your best to preserve what was built in the Healey factory in1956- we went with B. As an example, when faced with a few minorpin holes in the floors we could have opted for the easier, lessexpensive solution- slap the "import metal new floors in there".NOPE let's do it right and metal repair the originals. That's anexample of the focus throughout. We have hundreds of photos of the restoration process. Included inthis listing are some general condition photos, some judging photosand some restoration photos - we have tons more. When the car was complete, we took it to concours judging- that'san interesting process and while we took Gold with room to spare,we were surprised at a couple of the deductions- as an example- wespent a fortune to make the underside of the car look as good asthe top- when we didn't undercoat over the rear end we lostpoints...OK by us we were NEVER spraying undercoating on this car-NEVER. Also somewhat interesting is a point deduction because ourfour bumper over riders did not have a "pronounced enough dimple"in their tops- the chromer made them too nice.... Ok we get it andman are we happy with the level this car is restored too. I know there's been a lot of conversation here about the processbut I believe the process tell the story of the quality. The car iseverything it appears to be in the pictures and is ready for anyshow field at any car show. This M has seen next to no use since completion and has been storedin climate-controlled conditions and cared for like a work ofart.Drive it, show it, keep it in a bubble and polish it as a prizedpossession, the choice is yours once you make it yours. We stand behind our thoughts on this car by offering our travelexpenses guarantee- come see the car and if we have materiallymisrepresented its condition we will gladly pay half of your travelexpenses up to $500.00- this offer had been in place since we soldour first classic and we haven't paid the money yet.... We prideourselves on having good cars and representing them properly. Additional pictures and video are available, please call440-365-XXXX for more photos, information or to schedule a testdrive.
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1956 Austin-Healey 100M is a 1956 Classic Car in Elyria OH. Find other listings by searching for 1956 in Cleveland on Oodle Classifieds.
1956 Austin-Healey 100M is a 1956 Classic Car in Elyria OH. Find other listings by searching for 1956 in Cleveland on Oodle Classifieds.