Registration No: NSY 228
Chassis No: HBT7/9376
MOT: Exempt

• Finished in Colorado Red and White with a Red interior trim
• UK RHD example with matching engine and chassis numbers
• Offered with a BMHIT Heritage Certificate and a collection of invoices
• Full weather equipment

The star of the 1952 London Motor Show, the 'Big Healey' enjoyed steady development, with the early four-cylinder cars giving way to the 100-Six in 1956, which in turn was replaced by the first of the 3000s in 1959. By now the engine capacity had risen to 2912cc and the power output to 124bhp - sufficient to grace the standard car with a 0-60mph time of 11.4 seconds and a top speed of 114mph. There was the option of Laycock de Normanville overdrive for the four-speed gearbox and braking had been improved by the adoption of discs at the front. There were two body options - a two-seater (BN7) or an occasional four-seater (BT7). By the time the MkI 3000 was superseded by the MkII in 1961, a total of 2,825 BN7s and 10,825 BT7s had been produced.

Recorded by the DVLA as first registered in the UK on 21^st February 1961, chassis number HBT7/9376 is the ‘BT7’ 2+2 iteration of the Austin-Healey MkI. Believed to be a correct numbers car, with engine number 29D/R/YH14777, a BMIHT certificate shows the Healey to have been configured in right-hand drive for the home market in Colorado Red and Black with Red trim and a Black soft-top. Built 10^th -11^th May 1960, it was despatched on 24^th May 1960 to Lankester's Limited, Surbiton, Surrey (then 're-despatched' 20th February 1961) with overdrive, wire wheels, heater, laminated windscreen and road speed tyres. Little is clear about the ownership history before c.1989, however, a Mr Boxall of Solihull owned the car around this time and oversaw restoration work on the Healey in late 1989 into the summer of 1990. A May 1991 sales invoice is on file from Anthony Coyne Classic Cars, Birmingham regarding the sale of the car to Mr Stenning of Bolton, and in February 1998 Grundy Mack Classic Cars, Huddersfield sold the car to Mr Howard of Rotherham with the mileage of 25,928 recorded on an invoice. H&H Classic Auctions presented the car at auction on 23rd September 1998.

In summary, maintenance work on 'NSY 228' includes: October 1989 - July 1990 £4668.33 spent on restoration work including bodywork, respray, re-chroming and parts and labour; May 1992 brake fettling and a leaf spring by T & W Motors of Bolton; June 1992 (mileage reading 20,207) brake overhaul Barcol Auto Centre, Oldham; June 1993 brake and clutch master cylinder purchased from AH Spares; March 1998 silencer fitted by Swift-Fit, Rotherham. Evidently, the Healey relocated to the Republic of Ireland in May 1999 before coming back to UK ownership in 2015. Offered with a collection of old MOT paperwork and a number of Eire tax and insurance discs, there is a current V5C on file along with many receipts and notes from some of the historical work carried-out.

For more information, please contact:
James McWilliam
james.mcwilliam@handh.co.uk
07943 584760