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During the 1950s the most accessible, most appealing and in manycases the most successful club racing car available to any aspiringracing driver was one of the products of the Donald Healey MotorCompany’s famous factory at The Cape, Warwick. This particularappealing and in-period highly successful Austin-Healey 100S is ashining example of the type. It has an outstanding record as a clubracing contender raced over a seven-year period from 1955 until1962. As a genuine 100S it was one of only 55 such Austin-Healeysproduced during 1955, of which at most only 38 are believed tosurvive today.While the standard 100S specification included a 2660cc in-line4-cylinder engine tuned to develop a maximum 132bhp at 4,700rpm,all in a chassis and body unit weighing only 2,960lbs (891Kg),‘EVV 106’ offered here was distinguished almost from new by twodistinctive features. Firstly – as required by first owner David Shale– ‘EVV106’ was equipped with an Aston Martin gearbox duringproduction. And within days of its delivery to David Shale in February1955 he had its paint finish colour changed from the standard OldEnglish White over Lobelia Blue to British Racing Green, a colour thatit wears to this day.The car was first UK road registered on March 2, 1955, and evidenceof its early paint change survives in a photograph of the car taken atone of its maiden outings in Mr Shale’s hands, at the British EmpireTrophy meeting, Oulton Park, in April 1955.From 1955 to the present day ‘EVV106’ has had only six owners,these in sequence being David Shale 1955-57, then Mike Kellett1957-58, the future multiple British club racing Champion TonyLanfranchi 1958-1960, and the last of its great club racing ownersDerek Buller-Sinfield, 1961-62. The retired warhorse was thenacquired by Norfolk farmer-cum-noted Austin-Healey collectorArthur Carter in whose hands it was preserved and maintained forthe following 42 years, before being acquired by the present ownerin 2004. Furthermore, EVV is one of only four 100Ss originally soldand raced into the UK home market and has the distinction of beingdomiciled in the UK since.1 23Motor Cars | 167