Beauty & the beast

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Smartbear

Lifer
 a barn in Somerset
I parked up next to this super Austin Healy 3litre today, what a superbly styled roadster :heart: :heart:
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Superb indeed. When I get a garage the size of Jay Leno's, there'll be a space for a Healy. :)
 
Look at that lovely wood interior, stunning looking car the Healy, the rear is a peach, bit like the early Z4's :poke:
I though you were going to show a photo of you and Pastry standing together :rofl: :rofl:
 
firebobby said:
Look at that lovely wood interior, stunning looking car the Healy, the rear is a peach, bit like the early Z4's :poke:
I though you were going to show a photo of you and Pastry standing together :rofl: :rofl:
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But which one is which? :rofl:
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Rob
 
Smartbear said:
firebobby said:
Look at that lovely wood interior, stunning looking car the Healy, the rear is a peach, bit like the early Z4's :poke:
I though you were going to show a photo of you and Pastry standing together :rofl: :rofl:
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But which one is which? :rofl:
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Rob
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Well, working from left to right Rob (excluding Collin of course) Beauty and the beast :wink:
 
firebobby said:
Smartbear said:
firebobby said:
Look at that lovely wood interior, stunning looking car the Healy, the rear is a peach, bit like the early Z4's :poke:
I though you were going to show a photo of you and Pastry standing together :rofl: :rofl:
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But which one is which? :rofl:
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Rob
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Well, working from left to right Rob (excluding Collin of course) Beauty and the beast :wink:
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I have to assume you are referring to the Z4 and the tractor. :wink:
 
Austin Healey 3 litre - I've always felt the Z4 is a modern version . . . :thumbsup: Still a great looking Roadster today :thumbsup:
 
Love the Austin Healeys!

A few years ago (before I bought a Z4) a trader mate of mine had a 3 litre Healey in the 2-tone Ice Blue metallic/white paint. It was stunning, and then we took it out for a drive - it sounded great! There is something special about the sound of a straight 6 (sorry Mr Bear), especially when it doesn't have too much silencing, but the whole experience was fantastic!

I'll never afford one but then I do have a straight 6 Z4, so life could be worse. :lol:
 
Nice looking without a shadow of doubt - as are the Morgans, Daimler SP250's etc - but the drive ?????
 
ronk said:
Nice looking without a shadow of doubt - as are the Morgans, Daimler SP250's etc - but the drive ?????
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I think that is a great question. We have become used the trappings of modern cars. Whilst I love the idea of a classic sports car, I fear that for as long as I have the Zed (which will be forever) I would always want to the drive the Zed.
 
I managed a drive today, just a shake down after the winter layup and came across a big Healey parked in a village called Skirmett. Didn't have my camera though :roll:
 
I did take the plunge when I had my 3.0l E89. I called into the Morgan dealership and had a test drive - the car looked every inch the 30's classic - it drove like one as well!

Was I ever so glad to get back into my modern reincarnation of a Healey!
 
The Healey is certainly a striking looking car, although for me the AH 100 is the one to own with fold down windscreen and postwar truck engine (basically the D series 6 cylinder engine used in the Jensen 541 with two cylinders lopped off..

But they aren't up to the looks as far as technical spec goes. All but the last ones had a frame that went under the axle like a Triumph, resulting in sudden losses of traction when the rear end hits the frame in a corner, and the engine is large, heavy and underpowered. And I say this with all due sympathy as I am an MGC owner with essentially the same engine.

The MGs from the MGA on handled far better and in the case of the MGA, at least, also looked about as good, albeit having lower power (admission - I race an MGA Twin Cam).
 
A neighbor of mine has a son in his first year at Virginia Tech studying Engineering. Robby took to my 35i the minute he saw it. I took him for a ride last summer and then let him drive it home. He was delighted to drive it and for an 18 year old he had a really good understanding of the hi-tech aspects of the E89. He, his dad and I had dinner that night and talked roadsters while killing a bottle of Tanqueray. and at some point I likened the Zed to a '68 Healey 3000 I first owned in 1971. Robby took a class in "Evolution of Engineering" this semester and sent me this comparison he was using in his term paper for that class. I wrote him back suggesting he had missed one salient point: they BOTH have incredibly appealing lines!
I thought you guys might enjoy the numerical comparison:

1968 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III 2012 BMW Z4 sDrive35i (E89)
TYPE 2 DOOR CONVERTIBLE 2 DOOR RETRACTABLE ROOF
DRIVETRAIN RWD RWD
ENGINE TYPE INLINE SIX CYLINDERS INLINE SIX CYLINDERS
GEAR BOX 5 SPEED MANUAL 7 SPEED, DUAL CLUTCH AUTO
DISPLACEMENT 2912 CUBIC CENTIMETERS 2979 CUBIC CENTIMETERS
HORSEPOWER 150 302
TORQUE ` 173 FOOT POUNDS 295 FOOT POUNDS
FUEL DISTRIBUTION DUAL DOWNDRAFT SU CARBS DIRECT INJECTION
ASPIRATION NATURAL ASPIRATION DUAL TURBOS
BORE 3.28" 3.31"
STROKE 3.5" 3.53"
COMPRESSION RATIO 9:01 10.2:1
WEIGHT 2549 3427
FUEL CAPACITY 14.5 GALLONS (US) 14.5 GALLONS (US)
WHEELBASE 92" 98.3"
OVERALL LENGTH 157.5" 166.9"
WIDTH 60.6" 70.5"
FRONT TRACK 48.7" 59.5"
REAR TRACK 50" 60.5"
GROUND CLEARANCE 4.3 " 4.0"
TRUNK CAPACITY 5 CUBIC FEET 6.4 CUBIC FEET
TOP SPEED 119 MPH 155 MPH
0-60 8.4 SECONDS 5 SECONDS
1/4 MILE 16.3 SECONDS 13.6 SECONDS
FUEL CONSUMPTION 17.4 MPG (US) 23.7 MPG (US)
 
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