This Austin-Healey 100M is one of just 640 factory-built, high-performance models and was sold new to Robert Eastman of Clay, New York. According to the car’s British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate on file, it was specified in Florida Green with lower panels finished in white, a black interior, and folding fabric top. This 100M was built on January 11, 1956, and optioned with a laminated windscreen, heater, and louvered bonnet. The BMIHT Certificate further specifies that the louvered bonnet, recorded as a factory option, makes this example a genuine 100M.

Mr. Eastman retained this 100M until 1963, when a colleague at General Electric’s Syracuse office, Dean Jones of Minoa, New York, purchased the car. Mr. Jones placed the car in storage in 1966 following crankshaft damage, and it remained there until a multiyear restoration was embarked upon in 1996. George Hargrave of Heath, Texas, purchased the 100M from Mr. Jones and submitted the car to a further restoration by Tom Kovacs’ Fourintune of Cedarburg, Wisconsin – a photo-documented process that was completed in 2004. This work included returning the car to its factory-specified Florida Green and white finish, as well as a mechanical refresh.

Equipped with its matching-numbers engine and tastefully upgraded with front disc brakes, this 100M would be a welcome entry at a number of prestigious motoring events.