1954 Austin-Healey 100 S 'OON 439'

1954 Austin-Healey 100 S in Apokalypse in Le Mans, Documentary, 2010

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
rjluna2 ◊ 2015-06-08 01:33	Austin-Healey? Link to "en.wikipedia.org"
DidierF ◊ 2015-06-08 03:07	Oui. But it looks like a 100/6.
dsl ◊ 2015-06-08 03:14	I think it's a 100 S - only 50 made.
eLMeR ◊ 2015-06-08 03:19	Off-topic: I lived 17 years in Le Mans and its area, but it took me sometime to recognize where this picture was shot. All the more as if it had changed betweens the 1950s and the 1990s, it also changed since I left the town, so it was a bit hard find it on current pictures. In fact, I lived 4 years about 500 meters from it The square looks like this now. -- Last edit: 2015-06-08 03:32:50
dsl ◊ 2015-06-08 04:30	If plate is OON 43x, it's a factory plate - OON 440 and 441 were works racers - http://oi40.tinypic.com/6yjk00.jpg
rjluna2 ◊ 2015-06-08 13:34	With less motion blur:
dsl ◊ 2020-06-09 23:39	Strong chance it's OON 439 which was rebuilt after 1954 Mexico crash as road-racer and may well have gone to Le Mans as a non-competing team support/publicity car.