Membership - How To Register

1. Anyone who owns a factory built Austin-Healey 100M "Le Mans" can register by sending a photocopy of your British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Production Record Trace Certificate and the other items listed in Item 3 below, to the Registry address in California. If you do not have a certificate, you can obtain one by writing to:

British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (BMIHT)
Archive Department, Heritage Motor Centre
Banbury Road
Gaydon, Warwick CV35OBJ
United Kingdom
Telephone: (011-44) 1926-645076
FAX: (011-44) 1926-641555
Website: www.heritage.org.uk


To get the BMIHT Certificate you must send them your car's chassis number and body number, along with a $50 fee (they accept credit cards) for the certificate. The Production Record Trace will advise whether the car is one of the 640 genuine factory-built 100M "Le Mans." (If you cannot obtain a Record Trace Certificate showing a factory-built Le Mans, you may register as outlined in the following paragraph.)

2, If you have a post-production, retro-fitted or owner-converted "Le Mans" you can register it by sending a description of the "Le Mans" modifications made to your car, photos of the car and its chassis and body numbers and the other items listed item 3 below, to the Registry address in California. Minimum modifications to qualify include a louvered bonnet and strap, 1-3/4" carburettors, special inlet manifolds, cold air box and air tube.

3. To be listed in the Registry, send the above required documents, together with your name, address, telephone, e-mail, year and model car, brief history,mandatory photos of your car (unrestored is fine), a note regarding any special knowledge or experience you may have that would be helpful to others, and your one year fee of $35 plus $4.05 postage U.S., $9 other countries (check payable to Bill Meade) to:
Bill Meade, Founder
World Wide 100M "Le Mans" Registry
533 Cedar Drive,
Watsonville, California 95076
Phone: 831-722-3253
e-mail: billmeade@charter.net

You will receive your Car's Registry Certificate, Brass Dash Plaque, Jacket Patch, 100M "Le Mans" sales flyer and the "Le Mans" Special Equipment and Tuning Instruction Booklet, plus all past newsletters, sent priority mail. Print and fill out the following form:

REGISTRATION FORM (PDF)

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