What's this and for what purpose was it built?:
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Looks familiar.... Triumph ?
There looks like there is an Austin Healey in there somewhere.
Looks suspiciously like a Healey 100/4 converted in such a peculiar way that it might be for a film? Is it another De Mola coupe?
No Triumph there as it is an Austin-Healey.
Nothing to do with Demola as far as I know, although I don't know who the builder was.
i know the model though (not mentioned yet) and what it was allegedly built for..
So is it a 100 Six? Was it intended for publicity in some way?
Quote from: tobytwirl on June 25, 2018, 07:20:50 PM
So is it a 100 Six? Was it intended for publicity in some way?
Yes, a 100/6.
Not built for any publicity purpose though.
I have seen this photo when hunting for the de Mola Healey, but can I find it now? Was it built for speed eg Bonneville?
No, not for that kind of speed.
Some form of racing?
Quote from: tobytwirl on July 15, 2018, 07:31:45 PM
Some form of racing?
Yes - built for a specific race.
Carrera Panamericana ?
Is this an American car?
Quote from: tobytwirl on July 16, 2018, 06:48:57 PM
Is this an American car?
No - you've already established it's an Austin-Healey 100/6 base; it wasn't modified in the USA either.
Was this Austin Healey built to run in the Sebring 12 Hours?
so was it modified in Europe?
Quote from: D-type on July 17, 2018, 02:55:24 PM
Was this Austin Healey built to run in the Sebring 12 Hours?
No..
Quote from: tobytwirl on July 17, 2018, 03:11:01 PM
so was it modified in Europe?
..and Yes.
Built for Le Mans?
Yes!
Unfortunately I have been able to find out very little about this interesting car or who built it.
Below is the ad with the car For Sale (currently).
Very strange that the car seems to be almost unkown.
I also saw that ad, and was waiting for the puzzle to be promoted!
The Janos Wimpffen tome "Time and Two Seats" contains not only an entry list, but also a note of cars which either had entries scratched or did not arrive. Unfortunately I sold my copy last year! It's possible that something about this car will be in the appropriate list. The Spurring books don't have this information.
I have Christian Moity's 3-volume Le Mans encyclopaedia which contains a picture of every car entered in the race from 1923 to 2010. Tonight I'll check if I can find this car in it.
Thanks.
Reading the ad I'm not sure if it ever got to actually enter the race.. It just seems to have practised for it!
You're absolutely right, but the aforementioned book also covers cars that didn't make it to the race (because they crashed during practice, failed scrutineering or were withdrawn for other reasons).
The puzzle car is not featured in Christian Moity's book.
Thanks. So really the car remains something of a puzzle; it seems well executed yet is unknown.
Could always send an email to the seller; sometimes they don't mind sharing information with people like us and sometimes they ignore us completely!