Another modded Healey for your consideration
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 11:08AM 
Continuing this week's theme of modified Austin-Healeys, here is a car currently available on ebay for the tempting sum of 11 Grand. This Healey 100 was modified in period to have what appears to be a fiberglass nose complete with egg-crate grill. While I feel this modification was detrimental to the car's appearance over the slick chrome grill that came stock, I would be loathe to restore this car back to factory specification. After all, how many of these weird fiberglass noses exist in the world? As a historical artifact, I think this car is more interesting than a stock one, though less beautiful. I am hoping a Healey owner who already has one or two 100's in his garage might buy this one and keep it relatively as-is. There are also supposedly Abarth mods to the engine that pique my curiosity! All in all a very cool, idiosyncratic car that shouldn't be turned back into just another trailer queen.
If you want to buy it, it does come with a replacement Healey 100 nose and many extras. Bid here!
Hat tip to Bring a Trailer.
Bradley Price
In the end, the Egg-crate grill Healey sold for $15,700. Nice price?
Abarth, Austin Healey 100 in Musings
Reader Comments (2)
The front end was the weakest element of the original Healey 100 design, but this is not an improvement. Perhaps Automobiliac should try his hand at this.
I love the original Healey 100 grill! I would not deign to improve on it.