1966 | Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III (BJ8)

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We know from a British Motor Heritage Trust certificate that this originally LHD car was completed on 22.4.66 and, on 30.5.66, it was exported new to Compton, California.

It was ‘Ivory White’ with a black hood and black ‘Ambla’ trim, and it came with wire wheels, overdrive, an adjustable steering column, a laminated windscreen, road ‘speed’ tyres, and a heater.

By 1992 it was back in this country and registered with the DVLA.

Yes, there are some incomplete parts to the car’s history, and not least because we have no idea what it was doing in the US for 26 years (besides avoiding unpleasant weather or anything that might threaten it with oxidisation).

The BMIHT certificate is certainly reassuring, as is the two-owner provenance during its time in the UK.

However under the bonnet sits a naturally aspirated 3.0-litre ‘C-series’ straight-six, fed by twin SU carburettors, delivering around 148bhp to the rear wheels via a four-speed manual transmission with overdrive.

Most reassuring of all, however, is the obvious fact of its condition, which is by any reasonable and relevant measure... absolutely excellent.

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