2022-09-04 15:16:39 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 6/22

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-67---1964-austin-healey-3000-mkiii/

Auction description:

Wed, 22nd Jun 2022 13:00

Imperial War Museum, Duxford

Lot 67

1964 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII

Estimated at £50,000 - £60,000

Registration No: HVK 601C

Chassis No: HBJ8L27601

MOT: Exempt

Offered with restoration photographs and a collection of invoices

Subject to mechanical fettling in 2018 by marque specialist

Current ownership since 2018

Matching chassis and engine numbers

This elegantly handsome Austin-Healey has been in the current ownership since 2018; ‘HVK 601C’ is a matching chassis and engine numbers example of a MkII BJ8. With a build date of late June/early July 1964, this ‘Big Healey’ was despatched to Nuffield Exports Limited, Charlestown, South Carolina, USA. It was originally ordered with wire wheels, heater, adjustable steering column, laminated windscreen and overdrive. Wearing traditional ‘Big Healey’ two-tone Blue and White paintwork, this BJ8 was the subject of a restoration in Canada. It is fortunate that it is offered here with photographs of the restoration process following repatriation. Benefiting from much improvement since arrival in the UK, there has been work to ensure the longevity of future custodianship; an expenditure of £2,610, in January 2018, included replacement seat belts, battery, steering idler and to add an isolator switch; a gearbox overhaul was carried out in 2018, further increasing this car’s reliability and everyday drivability. 'HVK 601C' has also been the subject of mechanical fettling in 2018, by a marque specialist as well as a service that same year. Offered with a collection of invoices, Heritage document 'HVC 601C' is also accompanied by the aforementioned collection of restoration photographs from the work carried out in Canada.

2023-07-26 21:01:04 | pauls writes:

Car returned to auction 7/23

Pavilion Gardens. Wednesday 26th July 2023

www.handh.co.uk/news-item/pavilion-gardens-wednesday-26th-july-2023/

1964 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII

Estimated at £40,000 - £50,000

Lot 21

Registration No: HVK 601C

Chassis No: HBJ8L27601

MOT: Exempt

Offered with restoration photographs and a collection of invoices

Subject to mechanical fettling in 2018 by marque specialist

Current ownership since 2018

Matching chassis and engine numbers

Otherwise same as above

2023-09-16 15:39:49 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 9/23

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-385---1964-austin-healey-3000-mkiii/

Auction description:

20th Sep, 2023, 30th Anniversary Sale at The Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Lot 385

1964 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII

Estimate £35,000 - £45,000

Registration No: HVK 601C

Chassis No: HBJ8L27601

MOT: Exempt

Otherwise same as above