1966 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII

 I bought this Healey for myself as a fiftieth birthday present.  My love affair with the BJ8 Healey's started when I was 13 and a neighbor brought home a british racing green BJ8 example in May of 1966.  I sat on the curb looking at that car and promised myself that someday I would own one.  
Over the years I had been a serial healey owner starting with a 1954 100, a BT7, even a BJ8 but could never afford what I really wanted which was a straight original 1966 3000 BJ8.
I bought this one from a dealer in Santa Monica but it had been owned for most of it's life by an air force service man who was stationed up in the high desert near Sylmar California. When we first put this girl on a hoist we noticed that the under side of the floor pans still have the original factory paint on them.   It has original Paint and Interior, clock shows 102998.  It truly is my favorite car to drive.  Lot's of get up and go, will run all day long, it's hotter than hell on long pulls at high temperatures but always makes it to where we are going.
Haven't really had to do much to it, a clutch a few years back, a windshield when I caught a rock and general tune ups and service here and there.  I also put new tires and 72 spoke stainless wire wheels on it when I got it.
Great, great car and turning out to be a very strong investment as well as these cars have just gone up and up so that it's hard to afford them anymore.
There is lot's more information on the Big Healey's to be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin-Healey_3000