2011-01-26 00:18:04 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '05
www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/26-02-2005-StoneleighPark-1114/1967Austin-Heal ...

Auction description:
Lot Number: 33
1967 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIII
Not Sold

Reg Number: REU125E
Chassis Number: HBJ8L/36298
Engine Number: 29/D/RU/H21757
Cc: 2912
Body Colour: Blue
Trim Colour: Blue
MOT ExpiryDate: Sept 2005

Offered here is one of the 3000 road cars that were exported all over the motoring world, this 1967-manufactured 3000 and therefore from the very last year of production, being first supplied to a Paris Dealer in left-hand drive and fitted with a kph speedo. Some thirty years ago, the MkIII BJ8 was purchased by a French friend of leading marque specialist and former Healey racer John Chatham, who has maintained the car for the owner ever since. The 29,047 kilometres displayed when entered is believed by him to be the genuine total mileage. In his view, it has never been involved in an accident and, apart from undergoing a full mechanical rebuild, has been in receipt of a body strip and repaint in blue with the trim renewed in blue leather and given a full rewire. Chassis rails, body panels, paintwork, wire wheels, interior, engine, gearbox (four-speed with overdrive) and electrics are reportedly in very good condition.

2017-07-08 12:20:23 | Steve Byers - BJ8 Registry writes:

The engine is not original to this car, but to a Mark 1 3000 (BN7 or BT7).