Vehicle Owner

Member ID: bigbeefstew55

Location: Olathe, KS

Vehicle Info

1961 Austin-Healey 3000

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP500
  • Weight2100lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Oct 13, 2004

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Taylor’s Austin-Healey 3000
“The Healey Monster”

  • Currently 2.96 /5 Stars.
14 guestbook comments

Site is under construction, so by far it's not done.

I Bought the car in 1979, for $700. It was equipped with a big block 425 oldsmobile. It's hard to believe it fit under the hood but suprisingly there was still room to change the spark plugs. The car ran a 12.9 second quarter mile. I drove the car almost every day. In 1981 I pulled out the 425 and put in a 283 small block chevy. It was mostly stock but it ran pretty good. In 1986 I decided it was time to give the ol' beast a face lift, and began the restoration process. Unfortunately, things just seemed to get in the way, and the process didn't get much more than the pictures you see.

So now I have started the process again. Because the fenders had been flared and the engine had been swaped, we're going to rebuild it as a British muscle car. The engine is going to be a small block Chevy 406, 400 block, 350 and rods, angle milled 202 heads w/ 64 cc chambers. The engine has computer dynoed just over 500 horsepower, so if thats not fast I don't know what is!

You'll see the pictures as it progresses.
bigbeefstew55's 1961 Austin-Healey 3000

bigbeefstew55's 1961 Austin-Healey 3000


bigbeefstew55's 1961 Austin-Healey 3000

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geilesAuto  

Posted by: geilesAuto

09/08/2008 02:43PM

Hey, you should help out a fellow cardomainer and vote for my car! Here's the URL:

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/CarDetails.aspx?CarDetailID=81&Decade=2000

you just have to register to vote... Thanks a ton!

geilesAuto  

Posted by: geilesAuto

07/30/2008 04:33PM

i love your ride, 5 stars for sure! come check out my ride

makeaposter  

Posted by: makeaposter

11/15/2007 05:10PM

Hey nice wheels, 5 Stars! if you want to show off in poster form check out my webpage at funwithpics.com. thanks!

BlueBLOOD19  

Posted by: BlueBLOOD19

06/09/2005 08:03AM

Yikes!!!!! that is 1 hell of a SHITBUCKET!

soren_ak  

Posted by: soren_ak

04/17/2005 02:44AM

hey lemme know if ya ever wanna sell it im looking for a healey soren_ak@hotmail.com

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: bigbeefstew55

Location: Olathe, KS