100S

[750hp]

I was really happy to see Joe Jarrick's 100S at a local show today. What a fabulous car, surely one of the most original cars left out of the 57 built.

What surprised me when I got home and had a look through a 100S registry, was that 7 of these incredibly rare cars have been converted to V8 at one time or another. A V8 conversion on any Healey might raise a few eyebrows, but even I wouldn't modify a 100S!!!

I love this car just as it is...

 

[HealeyRick]

Craig,

Racers just want to go fast. Future collectability isn't a big issue. I know some of those original 100S motors were later reunited with their chassis years later.

 

[Randy Forbes]

You should've seen what Keith Rishell's (sp?) Sebring looked like back in 1977/78 when he got it; MASSIVE fender flairs by slicing the wheel openings and adding about eight (8) gallons of bondo to fill it in. Clearly, not a light-weight modification.

You have to remember, those 100S models went through the same periods of being a thoroughly trashed and worthless old vehicle like most other British cars of the era.

It would be nice to have been armed with that advanced knowledge in the mid 60s, but that's the world we live in...

 

[HealeyRick]

I think Syd Segal's modsports Healey showed how far cars departed from stock in the name of faster lap times:

I was looking at these pic of COB 6046 from its racing days:

and now restored back to original:

 

[pan]

When Joe purchased the 100S in Portugal (around 1975), even that car had fender flares, Borrani wheels, Webers and exhaust extractors.