John Chatham 1960 Austin Healey 3000 Mark One for auction

[bn6]

Just found this on a live auction, ending today in approx 4 hours, current high bid £35000 

themarket.co.uk/listings/austin-healey/3000-mark-one/3cbfae63-3ba1-4297-ba4f-68e66417362e?status=live

John Chatham, the renowned Austin Healey expert, bought the car as a full-blown restoration vehicle, offering it to his discerning customer base as a ‘blank canvas’ project for them to commission their ideal car. The vendor realised the potential the car offered and worked with John and his team to create a fast road/race car with the twin objectives of saving weight and maximizing performance.

The result is a bespoke Austin Healey 3000 BT7 that produces in well in excess of 200bhp but is still capable of winning Best in Show and drawing admiring glances wherever it goes.

It has only covered around 500 miles since being completed and is due for a post-build inspection, which John Chatham has confirmed he will undertake for the new owner free-of-charge. This generous offer should give potential bidders enormous reassurance that the car they’re buying is a good ‘un. (Not that John builds anything but…)

[bbh]

Just had a look and see that the highest bid of just over 48k, failed to make the reserve.

[bn6]

Its on eBay as well as a buy it now for £65000 so somewhere the figures ain't adding up.

[healeyneil]

Looks a lot like my old car 😀 But isn't. The advertising spiel is a load of tosh tho
Neil

[josefeckert]

Think there are better cars for that price. Its nothing special, just a heavily modified MK1.

[bbh]

I would agree, I think that the auction price was probably about right. Perhaps it is the pictures but it doesn't stand out as being anything special. Neil, I think your car was better finished.

[frankenhealey]

I smell a very ‘toppy’ Market. Had a long chat with an Austrian chap this week with a 250 GTO rep. He was saying the Ferrari tertiary market was getting nervous with the later ‘electronic’, high mileage and wrong colour/spec cars not selling even at lower prices.