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The First "Factory" 100M

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Today on Bring a Trailer I followed the final hours of an auction for the first factory built 100M. It was a nice looking car that recently had a "driver" quality restoration with a good number of unoriginal parts observed, but none of those were the M parts. The comments from the gallery were pretty wild. It "no-saled" at $140K. I know one other member of this group saw it. Any others? What did you think of it?
 
I caught this early in the auction, from a commenter named 'Healey2,' who appears to be a concours judge (anyone on here?):

"That being said, I know the restorer and several of their cars by reputation. Anyone seriously considering buying this car needs to have it thoroughly inspected and DRIVEN by Healey expert and mechanic before they commit to buy. Just my expert opinion based on the previous known and documented history from this restorer. Feel free to contact me off of this auction site for further information, and that includes the seller"

I almost created an account just to contact Healey2 to hear his take on this car. Obviously, a nice cosmetic restoration, but there's some question(s) about its mechanical integrity. I think seller should have taken the $140K.
 
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it’s a pretty car but the first thing I noticed was the wrong headlight rims. The ones on the car are from the later 100/6 and 3000 model. That seems like a fairly a large error for a 140k plus car.
 
I believe that a "special" car like that deserved a more thorough restoration. You would think that any car guy would know when you buy the first production car of any model that car has a special value. An experienced restorer should have known better. That being said.....even if it was done to gold concours standards I do not believe it would have surpassed the $200,000 mark. I believe who ever bought it paid around $100,000 for it unrestored. The restoration cost $125,000. Someone had over $225,000 into the car. I do not believe that price would have been met, even if the car were prepared to a higher standard. I do not think, from the owners comments, that he understood the playing field. I too believe $140,000 was a reasonable price.
 
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