Austin Healey 3000

The Austin-Healey 3000 is a British sports car built from during the 1959 -1967 period. Nevertheless, it is the best known of the “big Healey” models.

Prior to this, the car transitioned from an open sports car, albeit with a child-transporting 2+2 option, to a sports convertible.

Furthermore, the car’s bodywork was made by Jensen Motors and the vehicles were assembled at BMC’s MG Works in Abingdon, alongside the corporation’s MG models.

Austin Healey Sprite

Most notably, this is a small open sports car which was produced in the United Kingdom from during the 1958-1971 period.

Furthermore, it was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958.

Sprite was designed by the Donald Healey Motor Company, with production being undertaken at the MG factory at Abingdon. Moreover, it went on sale at a price of £669, using a tuned version of the Austin A-Series engine.

However, it was intended to be a low-cost model that “a chap could keep in his bike shed”, yet be the successor to the sporting versions of the pre-war Austin Seven.

Austin Healey 3000 For Sale

You have the chance to own this handsome and very clean 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 MKII.
With an obviously extensive restoration in the not-too-distant past, this British convertible is ready to thrill you as a driver and please everyone else with its appearance. This Austin-Healey comes via GR Auto Gallery.

A blue and white paint scheme creates a wonderful and crowd-pleasing presentation. Punching things up further are the many chrome pieces, including the grille, hood scoop, headlight bezels, bumpers, and more.

Also included is a fully functional black manual soft top, which is great to have in case the weather takes a sudden turn while you’re at an event or are just out for a relaxing drive.

Austin Healey Sprite For Sale

While the seller does not specify if the exterior of this Sprite was ever restored, it is in mostly good shape, though the finish has some patina.

Unfortunately, the convertible top does not go up, and the seller did not try to force it into position. Additionally, the undercarriage of the vehicle has no invasive rust, but the seller notes that they think the rockers were once replaced.

Prior to this, the cockpit of this Sprite features a red and white theme throughout, with restored vinyl, clean carpets, and chromed window cranks.

Moreover, there’s also a woodgrain steering wheel present, which features the factory horn button, as well as a red vinyl dash cover. Last but not least, a look at the 5-digit odometer reveals 79,954 miles, which likely could be a true figure for this Sprite.

Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite

The Sprite quickly became affectionately known as the “frogeye” in the UK and the “bugeye” in the US. Nevertheless, this is because its headlights were prominently mounted on top of the bonnet, inboard of the front wings.

The body, however, was styled by Gerry Coker, with subsequent alterations by Les Ireland following Coker’s emigration to the US in 1957.
Prior to this, the car’s distinctive frontal styling bore a strong resemblance to the defunct American 1951 Crosley Super Sport. 48,987 “frogeye” Sprites were made.

Most notably, the car’s designers had intended that the headlights could be retracted, with the lenses facing skyward when not in use, hence a similar arrangement was used many years later on the Porsche 928.

However, the cost-cutting by BMC led to the flip-up mechanism being deleted, therefore the headlights were simply fixed in a permanently upright position, giving the car its most distinctive feature.

Furthermore, the car received its appeal as a result of its much loved cute appearance.

Austin Healey 1967

The tiny MG Midget (and its near-identical sibling, the Austin-Healey Sprite) sold well in North America during its 1961-1980 production run. This is because everyone likes a cheap and fun two-seat convertible.

Furthermore, the potential project Midgets that got swept into the crusher’s waiting room; most of them are mid-to-late-1970s models. However, today’s Junkyard Gem is a much older ’67 model in a Denver-area yard.

Prior to this, the 1967 model year, U.S.-market Midgets got 65 horsepower. Since the car weighed just 1,512 pounds, this was enough power to make it fun (though not fast even by mid-1960s standards).

The interior is rough, but not completely obliterated by harsh High Plains weather. This suggests that the car spent its inactive decades in a garage or at least under some sort of shelter.

In addition, the body doesn’t show any obviously fatal rust, so this car could have been restored without too much agony. However, you can buy a pretty decent driving-ready Midget for much less than the cost of reviving one like the car you see here, and so this ’67 ended up here.

Austin Healey 1960

Big news for the 3000 included front disc brakes and a 124-hp 2,912cc straight-six. Nevertheless, in two and four-seat versions, almost 14,000 were sold before it was replaced with the 3000 MkII in 1961.

The final iteration of the Austin-Healey 3000 was the MkIII version of 1964. Moreover, power was up again, this time to 150 horsepower, and the cockpit was extensively revised to make the 3000 MkIII the most luxurious of all big Healeys.

However, the big difference was a triple-carburetor engine rated at 132 horsepower.

All Healey 3000s are powerful, good looking and very collectible. The two most popular models are the two-seat, three-carb MkII and the 3000 MkIII.

In addition, the two-seater was dropped, roll-up windows were introduced and the revised twin carburetors added 2 horsepower late in 1962.

Austin Healey Car

Austin-Healey British sports car maker was established in 1952 through a joint venture between the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC). In addition to this, the Donald Healey Motor Company (Healey), a renowned automotive engineering and design firm.

Prior to this, BMC merged with Jaguar Cars in 1966 to form British Motor Holdings (BMH). Austin-Healey cars were produced until 1972 when the 20-year agreement between Healey and Austin came to an end.

Donald Healey left BMH in 1968 when it merged into British Leyland. Healey then joined Jensen Motors, which had been making bodies for the “big Healeys” since their inception in 1952, and became their chairman in 1972.

Austin Healey 3000 Mk3

Austin Healey 100

100 was developed by Donald Healey to be produced in-house by his small Healey car company in Warwick and based on Austin A90 Atlantic mechanicals.

Innovatively welding the front bulkhead to the frame for additional strength. In order to keep the overall vehicle height low the rear axle was underslung, the chassis frame passing under the rear axle assembly.

Prior to this, he built a single Healey Hundred for the 1952 London Motor Show, and the design impressed Leonard Lord. In addition, managing director of Austin, who was looking for a replacement to the unsuccessful A90.

Most notably, body styling was by Gerry Coker, the chassis was designed by Barry Bilbie with longitudinal members. Besides, cross bracing producing a comparatively stiff structure upon which to mount the body.

Austin Healey 100-6

Austin Healey 1959

This 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 is a late-production Mark III that benefits from recent refurbishment work including a repaint in the factory British Racing Green.

Power is provided by the numbers-matching 2.9-liter inline-six, which backed by the original 4-speed manual gearbox with overdrive.

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