BrettSutherland
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I'm trying to locate a very rare 1954 Austen Healey LeMans that a room mate of mine had in Toronto back in the early 1960s. The VIN is BN1L152555. What we knew about the car back then was that it had been Grant Clarke's race car. There were apparently only 4 '54 LeMans imported to North America of which 2 were 3 speed transmission models and 2 were 4 speed with the reverse British pattern with #1 located up and to the right. This was one of the 4 speed cars. This was a Left hand drive car. The last time I saw the car, it was loaded on a flat bed and heading for the owner's home in Fergus, Ont. The owner at that time was Ken Armstrong, and we shared an apartment in the King and Dufferin area of Toronto. We had pulled the drive train in the underground garage in the apt. building and I remember lapping the valves on the head in our living room on the coffee table.... how can you tell we were bachelors ?? One distinguishing modification that had been done to the car was that someone had taken two 1956 BUICK Portholes and mounted them so that they delivered fresh air to the area of the carb intakes.
Not that I could ever afford to acquire this car, but I am just trying to track it down if it is still out there. I sure HOPE someone has restored it.
Brett Sutherland
WINDSOR, Nova Scotia
Not that I could ever afford to acquire this car, but I am just trying to track it down if it is still out there. I sure HOPE someone has restored it.
Brett Sutherland
WINDSOR, Nova Scotia