#austin-healey

[les-belles-mecaniques]

1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Mark II BJ7 Convertible

[frenchcurious]

Austin-Healey 100-6 1959. - source Classic Old Cars.

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1960 Austin-Healey 3000 MK I

1960 Austin-Healey 3000 MK I

1960 Austin-Healey 3000 MK I

[identifying-cars-in-posts]

I saw the most car the other day

1958-1961 Austin-Healey Sprite

[monkeyssalad-blog]

1959 Austin-Healey and Pretty Short-Haired Brunette by Vinnie DeVille Via Flickr: Vintage image of a pretty short-haired brunette leaning on the hood of an Austin/Healey. This found photograph is from the private collection of an unknown and/or unknowing art collector. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!

[diabolus1exmachina]

Gilbert Genie

Gilbern Sports Cars Ltd was a joint venture between Giles Smith, a Welsh butcher, and Bernard Friese, a German engineer and ex-prisoner of war.

Their first car was launched in 1959 from a shed behind his butcher’s shop, an inauspicious start but one that quickly established the firm as one of the leading sports car makers of their time.

Named after the founders (GILes and BERNard), Gilbern established itself using a canny combination of a steel chassis, a fibreglass body and mechanical components taken from volume manufacturers like Austin-Healey, MG, and Ford. Designed for final assembly at home, a weekend’s work allowed its owner to dodge the purchase tax they’d otherwise have had to pay on their new car.

The second model launched was the Genie, like the one you see here. Offered between 1966 and 1969, a total of 197 examples were built. Powered by either the Ford 2.5-litre or 3.0-litre Essex V6, a square-section spaceframe chassis provided support for a bonded fibreglass bodyshell. The result is a light and stiff framework that provided a firm base for the suspension, which came from the Austin-Healey 3000 initially (which meant the car got wire wheels) and later the MGB, to do its stuff.

Two-plus-two seating and decent luggage space made it an effective family saloon, although that engine and suspension also conspired to provide a hugely enjoyable chassis and sparkling performance. How sparkling? Well, with 136bhp at its disposal, the Genie was a genuine 120mph car.

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Roadster of Sixties SilhouetteHistory

Silhouette of British roardsters of the early 60s: Lotus Elan, Austin-Healey 3000, Triumph TR4, AC Cobra and Jaguar E-Type (XKE)

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[englishcarssince1946]

1966 Austin-Healey Sprite

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[gillesvalery]

Austin-Healey

[hoffmankustoms]

Austin Healey I restored a couple years ago. Lots of metal work very happy with how this one turned out.

[classiccarsincyprus]

Austin Healey MK 111

[les-belles-mecaniques]

Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III de 1965

[frenchcurious]

Austin-Healey 100 BN1 Roadster 1954. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Austin-Healey 3000

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[coolvintagecars]

Austin-Healey 3000 MK II (1962)