{"id":499410,"date":"2021-09-20T11:46:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T18:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=123596"},"modified":"2024-08-17T19:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T19:26:11","slug":"the-austin-healey-3000-the-other-great-two-seat-front-engine-british-sports-car-of-the-1960s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-austin-healey-3000-the-other-great-two-seat-front-engine-british-sports-car-of-the-1960s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Austin-Healey 3000\u2014The \u201cOther\u201d Great British Sports Car of the 1960s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-686740 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/01-10-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>I don\u2019t often reference values when discussing design, but a great deal of the success of a sports car resides in the price\/value relationship experienced under ownership. If you poll most sports car enthusiasts and ask them to name a beautiful 1960s era open British sports car with a six-cylinder multi-carb. engine and distinguished racing history, a good many of them will reply \u201cJaguar\u201d. And while Jaguar did produce a fantastic car, the Austin-Healey 3000 delivered similarly combined attributes at a substantially lower price \u2013 an important distinction not only when new, but consistently so today when viewing collector level examples of fully restored Austin-Healeys at nearly a third the value of similarly restored Jaguar XKEs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_686741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-686741\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-686741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10-770x429.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10-293x163.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/02-10-1400x780.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-686741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1967 Austin-Healey 3000 Mark III. Photo: RM Sotheby\u2019s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Establishing a commanding presence both on the streets of England and winning rally and closed course races all over the world, the Austin-Healey 3000 reached the pinnacle of development with the Mark III approximately halfway through 1959-1967 production. Not only were these cars tremendously successful in Europe, by 1963, North American sales would comprise a whopping 90 percent of total production. In addition to being fantastic open sports cars with easy to service mechanicals, they continued to race all over Europe and the U.S., establishing win after win in a wide range of competition venues, long after production had ceased in 1967.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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