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Jedi Knight
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A few photos I thought may interest you. This car showed up at a show in the UK a couple of years ago. The car had obviously been modified (although the engine looked stock). Whats not very apparent from the pictures is a chrome strip the length of the swage line each side and 'rally' like vents on each front wing. What I love about the car though is the period child seat and the original looking radio (the owner believed the child seat to be one of the type offered by the Healeys as an official optional extra when new - there didn't appear to be any form of restraint for the child so in the event of a collision the occupant would probably become airborne) . If I remember correctly at the time the current owner was debating whether to restore the bodywork to stock or leave the modifications in place when he restored it. Personally I would leave it as is and do as little as possible to it to retain as much of the patina as I could.

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We featured that car in the March issue of HEALEY MARQUE magazine, and printed numerous photos of its unusual features across the center spread. The owner is looking for information and contact with others whose Healeys may have some of the same unusual options. The child seat is only one of many unusual things about that car.
 
Hi Reid,

Can you add anything to what other unusual features there were. I only picked up a little about the car from an overheard conversation at the show.

Cheers
 
I think it's amazing that these super original 100s just keep turning up! I spent several months in the UK in 1978 and at that time 100 BN1s & BN2s were a rarity!
 
Unfortunately if you look around the websites of the restorers in the UK there is a growing propensity to build 100S recreations based on 100/4 bodyshells. At the rate it is happening there will soon be as many 100S's as 100/4's. Still from a purely mercenary point of view it can only increase the value of my relatively standard 100/4 as the rarity increases.
 
catfood said:
Unfortunately if you look around the websites of the restorers in the UK there is a growing propensity to build 100S recreations based on 100/4 bodyshells. At the rate it is happening there will soon be as many 100S's as 100/4's. Still from a purely mercenary point of view it can only increase the value of my relatively standard 100/4 as the rarity increases.
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It's already to the point that a 100 not claimed to be a 100M or a "Le Mans 100" is a rarity. The smooth, unlouvered bonnet marks these rarely seen variants!
 
Ah, but mine hasn't got the louvered bonnet but it has got a bonnet strap therefor it MUST be a 100M. :devilgrin:
 
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