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Subject: [Healeys] Last Big Healey?
From: vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com (Jean Caron)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:53:59 +0000
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Kimo,

While I am no Concours Judge but having built a BJ8 to Concours standards a few 
years ago as well as having helped a friend bring his car to similar standards, 
I would say that this car, according to the few photos available from the 
auction house, would not go beyond the pre-judging phase. There are simply too 
many details that have been overlooked, things missing, some installed wrong 
etc. Here are a few examples, the grille surround is not painted where it meets 
with the back piece, it's left in chrome, the valve cover tags are installed 
with pop rivets, the rubber bumpers that are installed on the front shroud 
where it meets with the hood are all missing, the rubber moulding  on th front 
shroud by the carbs is also missing and that is just at the front.


Jean


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From: Kimo Briske <kimobriske at gmail.com>
Sent: March 23, 2017 1:31 AM
To: Jean Caron; Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Last Big Healey?

So how would this car score in Concourse ? With the goal to be as close to 
original as it left the factory. A fan of originality,  Kimo


"Fresh from a restoration done a year ago". I guess that the term " 
restoration" is used pretty loosely here. Perhaps saying that it has been 
resprayed would have been more accurate but it would not get bidders as 
enthusiastic to bring it up even to the lowest estimate. I can see keeping the 
original seats to show that "patina" makes sense but the very least they could 
have done is install the piping on the aluminum door trim, the rubber bumpers 
on the front shroud for the bonnet and the rubber seal for the trunk actually 
installed on the trunk lid. At the same time they could have secured the spare 
tire at its proper location with the metal bar and leather belt holding it in 
place. I am quite amazed that they di install the fender flash the correct way.


Jean


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Sent: March 21, 2017 2:47 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Last Big Healey?

When talking British classics, it?s impossible to ignore the likes of the 
Jaguar E-Type and Aston Martin DB5. But while those are pop icons in their own 
right, the Austin-Healey 3000 Mk 
III<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/oh-jerry-ricky-gervais-rides-in-austin-healey-video-48045.html>
 is a bit of a specialty.
As compared to Jaguar and Aston Martin, which are still with us, the venture 
created by Austin and Donald Healey Motor in 1952 came to a conclusion in 1972. 
The cutesy 
Sprite<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/baby-buys-austin-healey-sprite-on-ebay-video-62937.html>
 is a quintessential product of this legendary link-up, albeit the 3000 Mk III 
is the car Austin-Healey enthusiasts consider to be the British outfit?s 
crowning achievement.

17,712 examples of the Mark III were produced from ?64 to ?67, and this here is 
the last one ever made. Chassis HBJ843025 was manufactured on the 21st of 
December, 1967, and the current owner bought it 45 years ago. Yup, this is one 
cherished example of the 3000 Mk III, a back-to-basics sports 
car<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/alpine-s-reborn-a110-fully-revealed-it-s-the-french-answer-to-the-718-and-4c-115966.html>
 to die for. Better still, it has covered only 57,389 miles (92,358 kilometers) 
over the course of half a century.

?This is the first time the car has been offered for sale in over 40 years and 
as such an important and iconic British sports car we expect a significant 
amount of interest,? said Richard Greenhalgh, specialist at Classic Car 
Auctions<http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/austin-healey-3000-mk-3>. So 
what?s the estimate on this example of the Big Healey? ?75,000 and ?90,000 is 
CCA?s pre-auction estimate, but only time will tell if bidding will get rowdy.

Benefitting from a fresh restoration that finished just a year ago, Healey?s 
last-ever Mk III is joined by a large history file, lots of documents, and a 
heritage certificate. Of course, the inline-six powerplant benefits from a 
high-lift camshaft and SU HS6 carbs, additions that saw power go up from 136 to 
150 bhp. And compared to the previous iteration, the Mk III boasts 
power-assisted brakes as standard.

Last, but not least, it?s noteworthy to point out that this is no garage 
queen<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/laferrari-shows-up-for-sale-with-393-miles-on-the-odometer-costs-4-million-116287.html>.
 And even restored, the final Big Healey doesn?t fail to show its patina.

Source: 
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/t...on-116318.html<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-last-austin-healey-3000-mk-iii-ever-produced-heads-to-auction-116318.html>

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