Austin-Healey 3000 Ultimate Portfolio (Brooklands Books Road Test Series): A Portfolio of Contemporary Reports Featuring Road Tests, Driving ... and Advice on Buying an Austin-Healey Today
Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , UK , Specialty , MISC The history of the British automobile is littered with dozens upon dozens of small, independent cottage-industry automakers. Names like Lotus, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Land Rover have stood the test of time. And in recent years companies like Ascari, McLaren Automotive and Ariel have sprung up to join the...
What’d I tell ya about the barn finds yesterday? Here’s another, a 1960 Austin-Healey BT7 being offered for $7,950 out of Osseo, Minnesota. From the seller’s description: 1960 Austin-Healey BT7 3000, barn find, stored for 35 years, good restoration project or use it for parts, solid car minimal rust, missing front bumper. He’s from Minnesota, so he [...]
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition , where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot . What's the ideal Denver car? No, not a Subaru Outback- it's the Big Healey! You need a machine that looks sharp while navigating those twisty mountain roads, right? OK, so this car might not be so great in the snow, but you need to be willing to compromise...
Great Escape Classic Car Hire has set up a new base in Dorset to enable customers to explore the Jurassic Coast, New Forest and Hampshire behind the wheel of a beautiful classic car. The new branch will initially specialise in British roadsters, but the fleet will develop over the next few months. The new location in Christchurch is within easy travelling time from London, Bath and Reading and convenient...
Peter Wheeler was not wearing a hat last night which will have come as a relief to Austin Healey who had promised that he would eat the Leicester chief executive's headgear if his former club won this game. Healey's gloomy prediction that Leicester would be "tonked" was not just another controversial comment from the "Liverpool Lip" but was based on the sensible premise that a...
Two thirds of the way through their week-long stays with struggling families in Leeds, Keith Allen, Mel B, Austin Healey and Trinny Woodall continue to make concerned noises, while many viewers are left thinking “Why do programme-makers feel the need to cheapen serious issues by constantly resorting to the use of celebrities'”
Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions , is delighted to announce the addition of an evening auction to its highly anticipated 2010 Automobiles of Arizona event. Returning to the prestigious Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, the additional sale date will see RM kick off its 2010 auction calendar in grand style on the evening of January 21, followed by its traditional Arizona...
Preeminent international auction house, RM Auctions , is delighted to announce the addition of an evening auction to its highly anticipated 2010 Automobiles of Arizona event. Returning to the prestigious Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, the additional sale date will see RM kick off its 2010 auction calendar in grand style on the evening of January 21, followed by its traditional Arizona...
While attempting to convey the glorious sound of a big Healey that won the heart of our man Allan, we showed a quick video yesterday of a short drive in an Austin Healey road car. Some of us found that video a bit less than inspiring. Gary Faules went hunting and came up with this [...]
In his Love at First Sight segment of Shutter Speed, Allan De La Plante tells us how the sound of that old Healey added to his infatuation. With all the cool race car sounds around here these days, Allan thought we should bring a little bit of the Healey magic into the place. Somehow I don’t [...]
Pick of the Week: "Dollhouse" – Sci-Fi Channel, Tue @10pm A fairly decent week for new shows, all things considered. Here are my picks of the best British TV has to offer over the next seven days: MONDAY 19th Murderland (ITV1, 9pm) Three-part crime drama about a woman investigating the cause of her mother's death. Stars Robbie Coltrane. TUESDAY 20th 7 Days On The Breadline (ITV1, 9pm)...