Sunday 15 May 2016

1956 Austin Healey 100/4

Sébastien Berchon and Georges Plumet, 1956 Austin Healey 100/4, Tour Auto 2016.
Pour plus de photos du Tour Auto 2016, suivez ce lien.

For more photos of the 2016 Tour Auto, click on the link above.

Austin Healey, ,England.  This Austin Healey was built at Jensen's West Bromwich works and then finished at Austin's Longbidge plant.  The 2 seater roadster design was by Donald Healey who had originally planned to build it himself.  The 100 was named because it could achieve 100mph and the /4 indicated it had 4 cylinders as opposed to the six cylinders of the /6.   Originally built for the 1952 Motor Show, the 100/4 was produced commercially between 1953 and 1956.  The 100/4 had a 4 cylinder 2.7 litre engine.  The car used many mechanical parts from the Austin A90.  There were a couple of versions of the 100/4, the BN1, the BN2 and the ill fated 100S that was involved in the 1955 Le Mans disaster.


No comments:

Post a Comment