[Healeys] Last Big Healey?

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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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