Austin Healey 3000 Mk III phase 2, 1968
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Austin Motor
Company discovered the Healey day before the opening of the "Earls
Court Motor show" in the year 1952 at the show-booth of the Healey
Motor Corporation. The Austin Healey 3000, also known as the "Big Healey", was produced between 1959 and 1968. The Healey 3000 was the follow-up to the successful 100/4 and 100/6 Healey's. The 3000 was the first Healey fitted with power-assisted brakes and disc brakes on the front wheels. The 3000 was to be the last "big" Austin Healey. Six-cylinder
engine Austin Healey 3000 Mk III Phase 2, year 1968. Colour 'Golden beige' metallic with a black leather interior. Black soft top and hood cover. Modifications: louvres in the bonnet and front wings, tuned engine, aluminium radiator, oil cooler, electronic ignition, close ratio gearbox with overdrive, louvres in the wings and in the bonnet, extra driving lamps and four point safety harnesses. This 1968 Healey is one of the 500 last cars which left the factory. These cars were all painted in the special and original colour 'Golden beige'. |