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Re: [Healeys] Westminster = Austin Healey 3000 engine?

To: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com, 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Westminster = Austin Healey 3000 engine?
From: Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:38:15 -0400
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Simon,

The first 29 series Austin-Healey engine was the 29D fitted to the 3000 MkI.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 10/21/20 12:08 PM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys wrote:
>
> I am on the lookout for an engine. Mine?s OK, touch wood but I fancy 
> trying a rebuild.
>
> I saw this on eBay:-
>
> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Westminster-Healey-3000-Engine/293789700700?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225076%26meid%3Dedea0d2894e1498bae41c2ad71f3b0a9%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D383753133286%26itm%3D293789700700%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DAustin-Healey&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A0a169643-13b6-11eb-aaa7-ca956a12330a%7Cparentrq%3A4be0a0ef1750a0f2bc3ea8eefff338ce%7Ciid%3A1
>
> Quite cheap at the moment.
>
> The vendor was a bit sparse with information. Initially there was just 
> one photo; the ones with the numbers came after a query from me. 
> Likewise, he didn?t/doesn?t say if the engine turns. It does, he says.
>
> Now, the ?29? makes it a 3litre and the ?H? makes it a high 
> compression. But what else? What am I missing? What can one tell from 
> looking at the photos?
>
> Any advice would be most welcome.
>
> Simon
>
>
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