MotorCarTrader.com is pleased to offer another beautiful British Sports Cars. This stunning 1967 Austin Healey 3000 Mark III BJ8 was built November 9th-16th of 1966 and the date of dispatch was November 21 of 1966. The original dealer was in Mobile, Alabama, USA. We purchased this car form a collector we have bought multiple cars from. He owned this wonderful car for 30 plus years. . His primary goal owning this car, was to make it as nice a driver he could with excellent driving upgrades and for it also to handle the warmer weather in Texas. The car only has 38,650 miles which we understand to be original. The previous owner did keep a log of most of the work he did since we purchased the car. This car is a driver type car and it is not a show car and because of that there were several driving upgrades completed. The upgrades, work completed but not limited to and more information on the car is as follows:
New water pump
Rebuilt generator
New lighter cooling fan with more blades for better cooling.
Aluminum radiator installed.
Brake calipers rebuilt, new master cylinder and brake servo installed.
Slotted brake discs installed.
New battery.
New spin on oil filter assembly installed.
New Mallory distributor installed.
New clutch slave and master cylinder
New alternator and converted to negative ground.
Transmission tunnel, exhaust and floors insulated to cut down on heat in cabin.
New 72-spoke performance painted wire wheels installed.
Compression tested on 7/31/24 and was excellent of 165 to 175 across all 6 cylinders.
The electric overdrive does work as it should.
A new aluminum fuel tank was installed.
The underside and frame are mostly original and all solid. The floors and trunk floor were replaced.
Comes equipped with dark red tonneau cover.
The soft top is older and functional, but eventually could benefit from replacement if needed.
The interior, seats and upholstery are in excellent mostly original condition.
Gear reduction starter installed.
Included are records going back to 1993.
A Heritage Certificate comes with the car and confirms it is a numbers matching car with the original engine.
A sport exhaust ANSA exhaust was inatlled.
New tires and 72 spoke chrome wire wheels recently installed.
There have been a lot of questions asked so I am going to preemptively answer a lot of them. We have bought, restored and sold over 200 Austin Healey 3000 cars. They have ranged from project cars, gold concours show cars close to $100k or beyond, drivers and modified V8 cars so know them well. Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions:
Why was the engine rebuilt at such low mileage? The previous owner had this car for over 30 years and he was more concerned about reliability and ability to drive this car anytime and even in the warmer climate in Texas. One cylinder was showing slightly lower compression, so he decided it was time for a rebuild and to also add several driving upgrades to make this a wonderful and reliable driver. We also invested some work to improve the driving of the car by going through the brakes, new wheels, tires, exhuast etc.. This car drives as good or better than most Austin Healeys on the market today regardless of price or level of restoration. Also keep in mind it is not the mileage on an old car but the years. Almost 60 years and counting.
There are other cars advertised as drivers for around the same price or a little less, why is this different? This car is more structurally sound, has a ton driving upgrades and a very strong recently rebuilt motor. Most of the cars advertised as drivers are old, tired and have poor repairs to the body and have little work done recently to mechanicals or nothing invested in upgrades. A lot of the cars that are typically priced around this car will most likely need another $15k plus of mechanical work and upgrades to be close to the driver this car is. This does not include any structural or rust repair. This is an honest car without fiberglass or bondo used to make it took pretty. There are a lot of these cars which go through a full restoration only to hide and conceal what is underneath and an engine which are just painted (not internal work) to look pretty. These typically go for a lot of money. On the other hand there are also restorers who do amazing work mechanically, structurally and cosmetically, but we are looking at thousands of hours of labor and cars more than twice as much or three times as much as this car.
I am concerned about the lower dog legs and it looks like some rust is coming through? Well as with all our cars I am going to be honest and show these imperfections. This is not rust that can be pushed through with screw driver or poke your finger through rust underneath. It is more of a cosmetic thing and can be repaired by any body shop. It has nothing to do with the structure and has been on this car for a long time, so does not need to be addressed anytime soon.
Why does the underside looks dirty or not detailed and there is some discoloration? The underside is what it is for a real and honest driver. It is solid, mostly original (with the exception of new floors) and clean. We chose not to detail it because it is a driver and we are not going to try to make something look good or different from what it is just to sell a car.
What is going on with the paint? The paint is older. When the previous owner bought the car 30 years ago the entire car was previously painted silver. He added dark red on the coves when he bought car the match the top and tonneau. The silver paint is faded a bit and now looks more like a matte finish. The car still presents really well and looks good from 10 feet away. This Austin Healey still gets a ton of attention wherever it goes.
The top looks old and tired and would you replace it? This is up to the new owner as most of our clients typically don’t driver the car with the top up anyways. It is functional and fits well but the rear window has shrunk and there are a few tears.
MotorCarTrader.com is pleased to offer another beautiful British Sports Cars. This stunning 1967 Austin Healey 3000 Mark III BJ8 was built November 9th-16th of 1966 and the date of dispatch was November 21 of 1966. The original dealer was in Mobile, Alabama, USA. We purchased this car form a collector we have bought multiple cars from. He owned this wonderful car for 30 plus years. . His primary goal owning this car, was to make it as nice a driver he could with excellent driving upgrades and for it also to handle the warmer weather in Texas. The car only has 38,650 miles which we understand to be original. The previous owner did keep a log of most of the work he did since we purchased the car. This car is a driver type car and it is not a show car and because of that there were several driving upgrades completed. The upgrades, work completed but not limited to and more information on the car is as follows:
New water pump
Rebuilt generator
New lighter cooling fan with more blades for better cooling.
Aluminum radiator installed.
Brake calipers rebuilt, new master cylinder and brake servo installed.
Slotted brake discs installed.
New battery.
New spin on oil filter assembly installed.
New Mallory distributor installed.
New clutch slave and master cylinder
New alternator and converted to negative ground.
Transmission tunnel, exhaust and floors insulated to cut down on heat in cabin.
New 72-spoke performance painted wire wheels installed.
Compression tested on 7/31/24 and was excellent of 165 to 175 across all 6 cylinders.
The electric overdrive does work as it should.
A new aluminum fuel tank was installed.
The underside and frame are mostly original and all solid. The floors and trunk floor were replaced.
Comes equipped with dark red tonneau cover.
The soft top is older and functional, but eventually could benefit from replacement if needed.
The interior, seats and upholstery are in excellent mostly original condition.
Gear reduction starter installed.
Included are records going back to 1993.
A Heritage Certificate comes with the car and confirms it is a numbers matching car with the original engine.
A sport exhaust ANSA exhaust was inatlled.
New tires and 72 spoke chrome wire wheels recently installed.
There have been a lot of questions asked so I am going to preemptively answer a lot of them. We have bought, restored and sold over 200 Austin Healey 3000 cars. They have ranged from project cars, gold concours show cars close to $100k or beyond, drivers and modified V8 cars so know them well. Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions:
Why was the engine rebuilt at such low mileage? The previous owner had this car for over 30 years and he was more concerned about reliability and ability to drive this car anytime and even in the warmer climate in Texas. One cylinder was showing slightly lower compression, so he decided it was time for a rebuild and to also add several driving upgrades to make this a wonderful and reliable driver. We also invested some work to improve the driving of the car by going through the brakes, new wheels, tires, exhuast etc.. This car drives as good or better than most Austin Healeys on the market today regardless of price or level of restoration. Also keep in mind it is not the mileage on an old car but the years. Almost 60 years and counting.
There are other cars advertised as drivers for around the same price or a little less, why is this different? This car is more structurally sound, has a ton driving upgrades and a very strong recently rebuilt motor. Most of the cars advertised as drivers are old, tired and have poor repairs to the body and have little work done recently to mechanicals or nothing invested in upgrades. A lot of the cars that are typically priced around this car will most likely need another $15k plus of mechanical work and upgrades to be close to the driver this car is. This does not include any structural or rust repair. This is an honest car without fiberglass or bondo used to make it took pretty. There are a lot of these cars which go through a full restoration only to hide and conceal what is underneath and an engine which are just painted (not internal work) to look pretty. These typically go for a lot of money. On the other hand there are also restorers who do amazing work mechanically, structurally and cosmetically, but we are looking at thousands of hours of labor and cars more than twice as much or three times as much as this car.
I am concerned about the lower dog legs and it looks like some rust is coming through? Well as with all our cars I am going to be honest and show these imperfections. This is not rust that can be pushed through with screw driver or poke your finger through rust underneath. It is more of a cosmetic thing and can be repaired by any body shop. It has nothing to do with the structure and has been on this car for a long time, so does not need to be addressed anytime soon.
Why does the underside looks dirty or not detailed and there is some discoloration? The underside is what it is for a real and honest driver. It is solid, mostly original (with the exception of new floors) and clean. We chose not to detail it because it is a driver and we are not going to try to make something look good or different from what it is just to sell a car.
What is going on with the paint? The paint is older. When the previous owner bought the car 30 years ago the entire car was previously painted silver. He added dark red on the coves when he bought car the match the top and tonneau. The silver paint is faded a bit and now looks more like a matte finish. The car still presents really well and looks good from 10 feet away. This Austin Healey still gets a ton of attention wherever it goes.
The top looks old and tired and would you replace it? This is up to the new owner as most of our clients typically don’t driver the car with the top up anyways. It is functional and fits well but the rear window has shrunk and there are a few tears.
