Lance Macklin's 1955 LeMans Austin Healey 100S is on the auction block

[GT38]

A car that figured prominently in the infamous 1955 LeMans Pierre Levegh crash is up for sale at Bonhams tomorrow - Lance Macklin's Austin Healey 100S.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...r-involved-1955-Le-Mans-disaster-sell-1m.html

http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19293/lot/433/


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[GT38]

more photos...

 

[Empty Pockets]

Might you be...'thinking'...? 'Pondering...? 'Checking under couch cushions...? 'Weighing your options...? :secret:

 

[GT38]

Might you be...'thinking'...? 'Pondering...? 'Checking under couch cushions...? 'Weighing your options...? :secret:

Nope, but I'd like to see it someday if it winds up in a museum. I'm not superstitious, but it could be bad juju to own this car - kind of like the James Dean Spyder.

 

[RALPHIE]

Here's a picture of my 1955 Austin Healey, circa 1962 (outside Cortner Hall at the University of Redlands):

(I'd give my left nut to get it back)

 

[GT38]

Here's a picture of my 1955 Austin Healey, circa 1962 (outside Cortner Hall at the University of Redlands):

(I'd give my left nut to get it back)

Very cool, Ralphie, you were obviously a BMOC with that car! I always wanted a big Healey, especially in high school and college, but it just never happened. Maybe someday. The styling of other cars in the photo illustrate why the Austin Healey was such a stunner. :thumbsup

 

[GT38]

The Macklin car sold for 843,000 GBP, $1,322,000.

http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19293/lot/433/

Ralphie, take a look at this http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19293/lot/452/

 

[RALPHIE]

She's a beauty - but if I ever got one, it would be a BN2LM. Always wanted the 4 speed with the 4 banger - I had a later 1963 3000 Mark II (rollup windows) and after a couple of months, longed for my 100 BN1, even with the 3 speed.

Boy do those pictures bring back memories!

:cheers