Pretty Car.
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On Tue, 3/21/17, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Last Big Healey?
To: "HealeyRick" <healeyrik at gmail.com>
Cc: "healeys at autox.team.net" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 11:43 AM
Here is a working link to
the auction
http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/austin-healey-3000-mk-3
Fantastic looking car.
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:47
AM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com>
wrote:
> *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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