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Austin-Healey 100M - Le Mans equipment for the sports driver

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Created on June 6, 2019

Reading time 8min

Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - die Frontscheibe kann ...

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - Jerry Coker entwickelte die Form des Sportwagens in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Donald Healey

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - ... mit wenigen Griffen heruntergeklappt werden

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - die zusätzlichen Luftauslässe auf der Motorhaube gehörten zum 100 M

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - auch mit ausgespanntem Faltdach attraktiv

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - aufgezogenes Roadster-Dach

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - kompakt und knapp unter 900 kg schwer

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - elegante Formgebung ohne Firlefanz

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - ganz schön flach mit flacher Frontscheibe

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - nur gerade 152 cm breit

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - der "100 M"-Batch auf dem Kühlergrill

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - einen aussenliegenden Türöffner gab es erst bei späteren Versionen

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - der Schalthebel liegt gut zur Hand

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - wenig Komfort, aber immerhin eine Heizung

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - grosses Holzlenkrad

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - einfaches Armaturenbrett

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - komplett instrumentiert

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - der Motor aus dem Austin A90

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - die 100-M-Version war auf 111 PS leistungsgesteigert

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - Mechanik der herunterschwenkbaren Scheibe

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - die berühmte geriffelte Haube

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - Kühlergrill

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - Marken-Schriftzug auf dem Bug

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - der Spanngurt gehörte genauso dazu wie die geriffelte Motorhaube

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - erst durch die Verwendung von Grosserienteilen konnte der Sportwagen so günstig offeriert werden

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - Marken-Schriftzug

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Austin-Healey 100 M (1955) - die Karosserie ruht auf einem "Underslung"-Kastenrahmen

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Austin-Healey Hundred (1952) - Leonard Lord und Donald Healey mit dem frisch präsentierten Sportwagen

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Austin Healey 100 (1952) - Leonard Lord und Donald Healey sitzen zufrieden im neuen Sportwagen an der London Motor Show 1952

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Austin Healey 100 (1952) - man beachte, dass der Wagen vorne noch mit Healey Hundred beschriftet ist, hinten aber bereits mit Austin-Healey 100

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Austin Healey 100 (1952) - Leonard Lord lässt sich von Donald Healey den Wagen erklären an der London Motor Show

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Austin Healey Hundred (1953) - Interieur

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Austin Healey Hundred (1953) - hintere Close-up Dämpfung

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Austin Healey 100 (1953) - am Genfer Autosalon, vor Besuchsbeginn

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Austin Healey 100 (1953) - frühes Modell

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Austin Healey 100 (1954) - am Genfer Autosalon 1954, mit aufgespanntem Dach

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Austin-Healey 100 (1954) - zum Öffnen der Türe und zur Zeichengebung kann eine Klappe der Seitenteile gehoben werden - Genfer Automobilsalon 1954

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Austin-Healey 100 (1954) - Gesamtdritter Austin-Healey 100 vom Donald Healey Team (12 Stunden von Sebring 1954)

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Austin Healey 100 (1953) - mit Zürcher Kennzeichen

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Austin Healey 100 (1953) - Detailansicht, aufgenommen an der London Motor Show

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Austin Healey 100 (1954) - an der London Motor Show mit Hardtop, im Hintergrund der neue 100 S, der erst 1955 in Serie ging

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Austin Healey 100 (1954) - Interieur, aufgenommen vermutlich in Paris oder Turin

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Austin Healey 100 (1955) - Blick auf den Vierzylinder BN2, den Vorgänger des BN4, an der London Motor Show 1955

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Austin-Healey 100 (1954) - Werbung in der Schweiz

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Austin-Healey 100 (1954) - Werbung in der Schweiz

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1956) - der Sechszylinder trat die Nachfolge des urigen Vierzylinders an

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Summary

When the Austin-Healey 100 was shown for the first time at the Earls Court Motor Show in London in October 1952, it aroused enormous interest. With speed records and racing successes, it proved its sportiness, while at the same time being inexpensive. And anyone who wanted to be a little faster could get help from the factory. This is how the 100 M was created to Le Mans specification. This report summarizes the history of the four-cylinder Austin-Healey and shows a factory 100M in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

The most affordable 100-mile sports car
Records for the debut
Also inexpensive in this country
Le Mans success and tuning kit
Standard version in the BN2
Replacement by the six-cylinder
Sold primarily in the USA
Further information

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When the Austin-Healey 100 was first shown at the Earls Court Motor Show in London in October 1952, it aroused enormous interest. The press reported extensively on the appearance of the new sports car. Automobil Revue wrote at the time: "With the new sports type, which only received its combined name during the first days of the London exhibition and of which only a few prototypes exist at the moment, England has a new high-performance vehicle whose low price of 850 pounds (excluding VAT) has caused surprise. This was mainly due to the simple basic design and the use of unchanged Austin series parts such as the A90 engine and gearbox, steering and front suspension. The chassis, consisting of welded longitudinal beams and reinforced with a cross brace, is particularly torsionally rigid thanks to an associated torpedo .

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