Description:

For Sale: 1959 Austin-Healey 3000 MK1 Works Replica – One of the First LHD Race Cars

Price:  (approx. €150,000 to build today)
Location: Denmark
Email: vagtholmk@gmail.com

This is a rare opportunity to acquire one of the very first left-hand drive Austin-Healey 3000 MK1 Works Replicas, built with authentic specifications and true period character.

📜 Authenticity & Provenance:

• Chassis no.: HBT7L/4262

• Body no.: 4371

• Engine no.: 29W/1A/H15020

• Gearbox no.: AEC 3657 SG 6866

• Heritage Trust Certificate confirming authenticity

• Built from 28 August to 19 September Sold from the Austin Healey factory on October 7, 1959 to a dealer in San Francisco and driven from new, after signing he also used it for Racing

🔧 Specification Highlights:

• Upgraded engine: Homologation-spec Denis Welch race engine: 285 bhp /318 nm 

• Only 6 hours of driving since last engine service

• Denis Welch straight-cut center gearbox

• Rear axle ratio: 43/11

• 84,000 km from new

🏁 Racing History:

• Competed at Spa, across Swedish and Danish circuits, and hill climb events

• FIA-approved with new EU DASU car passport valid until 31.12.2030

• One of an estimated 50-60 cars remaining worldwide in this racing spec – possibly far fewer as a genuine MK1

• Iconic period-correct side-pipe sound – possibly Denmark’s best sounding historic racer!

🛣 Road-Registered:

Thanks to its period-correct race heritage, this car is fully road-legal – a nod to the golden days when racers drove to the track and straight onto the circuit.

🚗 A rare and thrilling piece of motorsport history – ready to race or rally, and legal for the road.

📍 For serious inquiries, contact: vagtholmk@gmail.com

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