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- Why are Austin Healeys so expensive?
- Was the Austin-Healey a good car?
- What is the rarest Austin-Healey?
- What kind of car is a Austin-Healey?
- Why did Austin-Healey stop making cars?
- What is an Austin-Healey worth?
- How much is an Austin-Healey 3000 worth today?
- What happened Austin-Healey?
- What is the fastest Austin-Healey?
- Who owns the Healey factory?
- What is an Austin Healey Sprite?
- What is the value of a 1969 Austin Healey Sprite?
- Who drove an Austin Healey?
- Did James Bond have an Austin Healey?
- Who made the Bugeye Sprite?
- What is a big Healey?
Why are Austin Healeys so expensive?
As a result sales of the BN7 amounted to just 355 cars which makes them some of the rarest (and therefore most valuable) of all the Austin-Healeys. The decision was taken to replace the triple SU HS4 carburettors with slightly larger twin SU HS6 carburettors in June 1962; this model is referred to as the Mk.
Was the Austin-Healey a good car?
The Big Healey has a reputation as something of a 'hairy-chested' sports car, thanks to its firm ride, heavy steering and grunty engine. Nonetheless it remains highly popular in the classic market today, thanks to its relative simplicity and muscular good looks.
What is the rarest Austin-Healey?
The car offered here is one of the rarest of all Healeys, being the two-seater MkII BN7 variant of the Austin-Healey 3000, the '2+2' BT7 version being much more numerous. The MkII BN7 was produced over a two-year period (1961-62) during which time 355 were produced.
What kind of car is a Austin-Healey?
The Austin-Healey 3000 is a British sports car built from 1959 to 1967. It is the best known of the "big Healey" models. 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.
Why did Austin-Healey stop making cars?
After new US car safety regulations were announced in 1967, the BMC manufacturers decided that there was no way the ageing Austin-Healey 3000 could comply, and so it was discontinued.
What is an Austin-Healey worth?
The average price of a Austin-Healey is $49,601.
How much is an Austin-Healey 3000 worth today?
A: The average price of a Austin-Healey 3000 - Mk III is $61,780.
What happened Austin-Healey?
The name Austin is now owned by Nanjing, which bought the assets of MG Rover Group (British Leyland's successor company) out of bankruptcy in 2005.
What is the fastest Austin-Healey?
Holder of 19 National & International speed records and officially the fastest naturally aspirated Austin-Healey in the world. In August 1954 Donald Healey took his 100 sports car to the Bonneville Salt Flats. The aim: to smash as many speed records as possible.
Who owns the Healey factory?
The Healy Factory operated in Ringwood for 24 years, before moving to the current Mitcham site in 2012. It is highly visible as you pass it in Whitehorse Road. Owner Rob, initially specialised in Austin Healeys but has now broadened into a classic sports car specialist. Naturally Healeys featured in the showroom.
What is an Austin Healey Sprite?
The Austin-Healey Sprite was a small open sports car which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1971. ... II Sprite was introduced in 1961 it was joined by a badge-engineered MG version, the Midget, reviving a model name used by MG from the late 1920s through to the mid 1950s.
What is the value of a 1969 Austin Healey Sprite?
**Figure based on a stock 1969 Austin-Healey Sprite Mk IV valued at $6,900 with OH rates with $100/300K liability/UM/UIM limits. Actual costs vary depending on the coverage selected, vehicle condition, state and other factors.
Who drove an Austin Healey?
Every Formula 1 star of the last 20 years has been in an Austin Healey. Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher, Sebastien Vettel – you can name them all – each have perched on the back of an Austin Healey and waved at the crowd.
Did James Bond have an Austin Healey?
Revealed: the unsung part that an Austin-Healey 3000 played in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice.
Who made the Bugeye Sprite?
Healey's Gerry Coker — and later, Les Ireland — would work with chassis engineer Barry Bilbie to develop the lightweight roadster. It featured a unitized construction from the A-pillar back, with two front chassis legs forward and its trunklid deleted to better aid rigidity.
What is a big Healey?
The Austin-Healey 3000 Big Healey is a British sports car built from 1959 to 1967, and is the best known of the "big" Healey models. The car's bodywork was made by Jensen Motors, and the vehicles were assembled at the BMC Abingdon works.
