When you think of historic Le Mans champions, you picture Porsches, Ferraris, Aston Martins, and Jaguars howling down the Mulsanne straight. But in ’52, a Nash inline-six-powered Nash-Healey lightweight racer bested all of those greats, earning a class win and third-place overall behind the dominant Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs.
That year was the British-American with an asking price of $39,500. The same dealer was offering another ’53, that appeared road and car-show ready, for $125,000. At RM Sotheby’s Gene Ponder Collection Sale in September, a 1952 Nash-Healey sold for $82,500 while a ’53 convertible changed hands at Mecum Kissimmee in January for $110,000. That same car sold at Mecum’s Kansas City sale a month prior for $96,800.
