Of all the UK's most iconic sports car, the most iconic car among the sports cars was the Austin Healey 3000, the model car most wanted by people, it was already the most expensive and sophisticated car of its time.
The car was developed to meet the needs of the enthusiasts so that they could follow and participate in the "Big Healey" competition. This car dominates on the circuit, in really arena, in club hill climb and gymkhana. Engineering big healey still conventional, big healey 3000 series has 3.0 liter engine.
- Austin Healey 3000 specification
OHV 6 cylinder and combined with 4 speed manual gearbox with an option of electric laycoack de normanville overdrive, which is interesting from this car is its body design so it is rather difficult to modify except experienced mechanics.
If you drive the car then of course you will be addicted to drive it back, the engine sound is also nice to hear, this car will charge you to continue to drive it. This car is devoted to the enhusiast, for romantic-romantic and for adventure. Like a French artist Sacha Distel who always drove the car around Brigitte bardot and sometimes driven to visit Pablo Picasso.
The Austin-Healey 3000 was introduced in 1951 to 1952, designed by Fonal Healey in collaboration with Barry Biblie who created utilitarian chassis and Gerru Coker that made his body design. The predecessor Austin-Healey 3000 is Healey 100, the number 100 indicates that the car is capable of reaching a speed of 100mph.
But Healey 100 is the beginning of the history of donald Healey. He who founded the donald healy motor company after the end of the 2nd world war in 1945, he used an aircraft warehouse to create a car nicknamed "The Cape" located in Warwick, England.
The first car he made was the Austin-Healey 100 which was exhibited at the London motor show in 1952 at the Earls court. He hoped his first car would be a success, as a result the car got an order, and Donald made an agreement for 20 years contract until finally created Austin-Healey 3000 MK III in 1967 and continued with other models.
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