RM Auctions: Automobiles of Amelia Island
March 14, 2009
ADMISSION:
Admission to this sale requires the purchase of the offical auction catalog for $100. The catalog will admit two and must be presented at the entrance to the sale to be granted entry.
AUCTION LOCATION
The Ritz-Carlton
4750 Amelia Island Parkway
Amelia Island, Florida
32034
SALE DATES:
March 14, 2009
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
(viewing starts at 9:00 AM)
PREVIEW DATES:
March 13, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
March 14, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
110bhp, 2,660 cc, inline four cylinder, four-speed manual gearbox with overdrive, independent front with rear semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic brakes. Wheelbase: 90"
The Austin-Healey, as no other car, capitalized on the success of British sports cars in America. The prewar-designed MG TD may have started it, and the postwar Jaguar XK 120 proved its considerable financial rewards, but it was Donald Healey and Leonard Lord of Austin Motors who realized, and exploited, its commerc