Vehicle Description
This Opaline Green 1967 Austin-Healey 3000 Mark III BJ8 convertible
is a matching-numbers car corroborated by the British Motor
Industry Heritage Trust Certificate #20067481 issued January 17,
2006, with a date of build of June 21-22, 1967. It received a
ground-up, nut-and-bolt restoration from 2005 to 2012 and was
subsequently appraised by an independent appraiser, receiving a
100-point condition #1 rating. The color was a tribute to Donald
Healey's Opaline Green Westland Healey he brought to the U.S. and
toured across the country in 1948. The interior is English Connolly
Biscuit leather with dark green accent piping and matching Wilton
wool dark green carpet with coordinating soft-cloth top, boot and
tonneau cover, all from Heritage Upholstery. It has 72-spoke chrome
wheels with Vredestein tires. In December 2012, it appeared on the
cover of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine, which included an
article on the restoration process and photos. This Healey has been
kept in a climate-controlled environment since restoration and the
current owner has driven it approximately 1,322 miles since
purchase in 2019. In 2022, the car was refreshed by Lynn Martin of
Forever Healeys in Post Falls, ID, subsequently awarded Best in
Show in Gig Harbor, WA, and a new speedometer/odometer was
installed by Lynn Martin in 2023.
