This Austin-Healey model is a very popular and slick “sports convertible” that has practicality built in with its 2/4 seating option and quick-folding convertible top that stows away neatly round the top of the back seat. This beautiful light blue over white 3000 MK II received a complete off-frame restoration in 2010 by David Kuhn Restorations in Savannah, Georgia. The 2.9-liter inline six-cylinder engine was rebuilt within the last two years, and less than 2,500 miles have been driven since. This work was executed by Andy Greene Sprts and Vintage Racecars, also in Savannah. The top boot and interior are presented in complementary blue tones and the seats also display white piping. Along with having a manual transmission, the sporting nature of the car is carried over in full Smiths instrumentation, seating position and by having the necessary controls at your fingertips. Wire wheels, knock-off hubs and blackwall tires complete the presentation. This car has an electric fuel pump and electric radiator fan. The heater does not function and has been disconnected.

Austin-Healey proudly used their racing successes in their advertisements of the period. Similar cars were the outright winners of the prestigious Alpine Rally in 1961 and 1962.

Donald Healey’s four-cylinder Healey Hundred was a sensation at the 1952 London Motor Show, impressing Austin’s Leonard Lord, who promptly put it into production as the Austin-Healey. Successively upgraded, it received six-cylinder power in 1956, but it was the three-liter 3000 of 1959-1967 that became the archetypal “Big Healey.” With a new 2,912-cc six making 124-hp it was powerful and capable of 115-mph. The Mark II version introduced in 1961.