2016-12-01 18:15:51 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 7/16
www.handh.co.uk/buy/1963-austin-healey-3000-mkiia/13501

Auction description:
Date 07/12/2016
Location Chateau Impney
Lot No 30
Make Austin-Healey 3000 MKIIA
Year 1963
Vehicle Registration VAS 842
Chassis Number HBJ7L23554
Engine Number 29F-RU-H-4348
Body Colour Black
Trim Colour Tan
MOT Expiry Aug 2017
Estimate £40000 - 50000

This very tidy and original-looking 3000 is finished in Black, trimmed in Tan leather and rides on painted wire wheels. Originally an American export model, it was dispatched on May 15, 1963 to the dealer in Jacksonville, Florida. It remained in the US until being repatriated in 2003 and was then treated to a restoration and conversion to righthand drive between 2005 and 2008. The Healey was then enjoyed and maintained by its owner until his passing, winning Austin-Healey Club concours awards on two occasions during 2012. That same year the car was granted a very positive condition report by the Club, which forms part of the history file, together with a Heritage Certificate and MOT valid to August 11 next year. The indicated mileage presently stands at an unwarranted 63,000 and the vendor views the plush interior trim as 'excellent', and the bodywork, paintwork, straight-six engine and four-speed manual gearbox as all being in 'very good' condition. An attractive example of an increasingly sought after model.