2007-08-20 21:35:28 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '05
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The Big Healey�s first major success was gained in 1960 when Pat Moss, partnered by co-driver Ann Wisdom, having finished second in the Alpine, then made history by winning the gruelling Li�ge-Rome-Li�ge (Marathon de la Route) event outright. It was the first occasion that a woman had won a major international rally. The following year the Morley twins - Don and Erle - won the Austrian Alpine Rally outright, a feat they repeated in 1962. Big Healeys were regular class winners and frequently took the team ward, though in the face of increasing competition, not least from the Mini Cooper, outright wins were comparatively few. The car�s final outright victories came in 1964 when Paddy Hopkirk won the Austrian Alpine Rally and Rauno Aaltonen the last Marathon de la Route held on public roads, which on this occasion followed a Spa-Sofia-Li�ge route.

That final victory was gained by the car offered here, �BMO 93B�, which was built as part of a three-car team for the 1964 season (the others being �ARX 92B� and �BRX 852B�) and is one of only four of its kind to win an international rally outright. All three cars survive and were reunited for the first time since 1964 at the Austin-Healey 50th Anniversary celebrations at Thruxton in July/August 2002. This car�s concluding event for the works team was the 1964 RAC Rally, in which it finished 21st overall crewed by the Morleys. It was sold by the Competitions Department at the season�s end to Pauline Mayman, herself a works driver for BMC, and subsequently was owned by John Gott, from whose deceased estate it was acquired by Arthur Carter over 30 years ago.

Finished in the BMC works team�s red/white livery, �BMO 93B� has the works alloy cylinder head, triple Weber carburettors, inlet manifold and close-ratio gearbox, and represents a rare opportunity to acquire a genuine, historic, ex-works, international rally-winning Austin-Healey possessing excellent provenance.
Lot Details
Auction Sports, Competition & Collectors' Motor Cars
Bonhams, Goodwood Festival Of Speed, Chichester
Type Car
Lot Number 618
Estimate £100000-£140000
Outcome SOLD
Hammer Price £90000
Hammer Price (inc premium) £100500
Year 1964
Condition rating
Registration number BMO 93B
Mileage -
Chassis number HBJ8/27573