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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.
Leonard Lord, Austin Motor Corporation chief contacted Donald Healey
immediately and bought the car's production-rights before the show was
opened...
Donald Healey built the Healey with Austin parts which was ideal for the
step Austin took. Austin Motor Co. saw the Healey as the perfect answer
on Triumphs successful TR sports car which sold very well in the United
States.
De 100/4 was the first Austin Healey, the car was produced from the year
1954 until 1956.
In the year
1956 the Austin Healey 100/6 saw the light of day, the first Austin
Healey with six-cylinder engine was born...
The 100/6 offered more space than the 100/4 because the wheelbase was
stretched approximately 5 centimeters.
The powerful 135 bhp. BMC six-cylinder engine was connected to a 4-speed
gearbox and an overdrive giving the 100/6 a top-speed of almost 110 mph.
In the year 1959 the Austin Healey 100/6 was succeeded by the
Austin Healey 3000.
Technical
data
Six-cylinder
engine
3 twin choke Weber carburettors
cylinder capacity: 2912 cc.
capacity: 165 DIN bhp at 4600 rpm. (dyno test)
torque: 225 Nm. at 2800~4600 (dyno test)
top-speed: 185 km/h.
gearbox: 4-speed manual + overdrive.
Information
Austin
Healey 3000 Mk I, year 1960. Colour red with a black leather interior
trimmed with red piping. This fantastic special Healey Mk I is the
showcase of craftsmanship built by renown Dutch bodywork specialist
Gerrit van Emst. Van Emst purchased the car as restoration project.
After many years and uncountable hours restoring and sculpting the
special body the car was finished in the year 2010. The car has driven
2597 miles ever since. This Austin Healey shows details many enthusiast
can not even dream of, so special and yet so period and classy in style.
The automobile is in superb (excellent++) top condition and it has to be
seen in reality to be appreciated to the fullest!
The complete list of specifications and modifications is too long to
present here, some high lights: Special built body panels with louvers
in the bonnet and front wings, special rear lamp arrangement, integrated
and custom made side exhaust, 'Works' boot lid, aluminium petrol tank,
hand made (Altena Classic Service) wiring loom, 'S' seats, shock damper
modification sets at the front and rear (F+R), disc brake conversion
(F+R) etc. etc.
This is a one time opportunity to obtain a really unique Austin Healey
of the highest quality. A superb driver and a head turner with
unsurpassed bravado and class.
This
classic car was sold to to the Slovak Republic
by Altena Classic Service.
sales@altenaclassicservice.nl
Altena Classic Service
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