The racing history of the first Nash-Healey Le Mans car began in 1950 when Donald Healey Motor Company and the Nash Corporation joined forces to create a new automotive identity – the Nash-Healey.
The cars first race was in the 1950 Mille Miglia in Italy. While participating in the race, Donald and Geoff Healey had problems with the car, finishing in 177 place
There is a lovely, warm and natural patina to the red leather seats in this 356, beautiful body lines and paint finish, but the most appealing is the mechanical set up of the suspension and a engine and drive train is just perfect.
First owned by Dr. Ferdinand Piëch, the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche and father of the Le Mans-winning 917.
This 959 came with a thick folder full of 30 years worth of sales receipts and service invoices. The first shows that the car’s second owner bought it from Piëch in 1987 with 58,000 km (36,039 miles) on the odometer, which isn’t too unusual for a hard working prototype.
Advanced electronic control systems for engine management and the transmission permit instantaneous gear changes through a system of Formula 1 style paddles, which can be operated through finger tip control directly from the steering wheel.
The car has been fully restored with over 2500 hours spent and finished with no effort spared to the recognised highest Jaguar quality restoration standards – effectively now being a car much superior to the initial factory standard.
Testament to the workmanship of its builders, this C Type has never missed a beat despite numerous outings on such exclusive events as the Donau Classic 2006, the Alpen Classic 2007, the Edelweiss Classic 2009, Nuvolari 2010 and has already been accepted for the Ennstal Classic.
This particular ISO Rivolta original right-hand drive Lele Sport has been in the current ownership Lele enthusiast for the past large number of years and comes with a very large carefully documented history file which shows how rare this car really is.
This incredible Left Hand Drive example was built for the International Car Centre Doha, Qatar as a show car, finished in Dover White with Magnolia Piped Burgundy Leather trim, the car is to Middle East specification (NOT FEDRAL) with a number of original extras
Incredibly rare being one of three known to exist world wide in RHD guise. These cars were built be Fiat & sent across to Ghia for the rakish coupe body we find on this example.
Exceptional motor car a real find for the right collector.
The Healey Beutler is a unique and rare automobile that combines the mechanical prowess of the British Austin-Healey with the custom coachwork of the Swiss firm Carrosserie Beutler. The story of the Healey Beutler is closely tied to the collaboration between Donald Healey, a renowned British automotive engineer, and Carrosserie Beutler, a Swiss coach-builder.
In among his amazing career was the SV-1 – Malcom Bricklin’s dream. His very own car from his very own car company, which he launched at the age of just 29. Bricklin’s ‘SV-1’ was a striking, wedge-shaped coupe that was aimed at the sports car market (especially the Corvette), but packed with safety innovations that were its USP (SV-1 stood for ‘Safety Vehicle Number 1’).
This Ferrari was originally delivered new in Italy in 1962 as a Ferrari 250GTE.
It was then bought by a prominent Ferrari collector who was also an official dealer for Ferrari at the time.
The exquisite lines of this beautiful all aluminium body were commissioned in the eighties and completed by the renowned Ferrari coach-builder Mario Allegretti of Modena; a man renowned for coach-built Ferrari cars.
In 1978, the Ford Motor Company decided to build a show car based on the then current Ford Fiesta. the job of developing the show car was given to the director of the agency that handled the Ford account. Gary Kohs at Marketing Corporation of America. Kohs did some initial sketches of the concept for presentation to Ford management and suggested Healey be contracted to accomplish the work. It was though that the Healey name was well known in the sports car world and would add emphasis to a show car.
The car has had only one previous registered owner, which was (Lord) Paul Vestey, and then the current owner followed since 1978. It has covered 128,466 miles, with a full engine rebuilt around 88,000 miles at Schmidts of London (with receipts).
Heron GT MK4 Sports Racing Car Designed by Ross Baker built by Ross Baker, Bob Gee and Chris Cooke in 1967.
The Heron GT MK4 was a replica of the Ford GT40 MK4 Sports Racing car.
