1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

[TimG]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

What a transformation! Awesome work indeed. The picture when you pulled it out of your garage is simply awesome. Mini resto? Thats a understatement.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

Fantastic work as usual. Mini restoration? That is a full blown makeover. Great work.

[RaskyR1]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

Holy Freaking Lord Rasky! What an amazing transformation. That has to be one of the best details (plus more) I have ever seen!

How long did this take you?

Thanks Andrew! I've been working on the car on and off over the last 5 weeks. I honestly have no idea how much actual time was invested though. I work full time and would go out for a few hours during the week nights and then some weekends. LOL, a lot of time was spent just looking at it and trying to figure out what to do next.

What a transformation! Awesome work indeed. The picture when you pulled it out of your garage is simply awesome. Mini resto? Thats a understatement.

Thanks Tim! I was very happy with how it turned it. The paint was actually a joy to work on. It sanded out very quickly and polished back out with ease.

Fantastic work as usual. Mini restoration? That is a full blown makeover. Great work.

Thank you!

[Michael Stoops]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

Absolutely fantastic!! I want one of those cars sooooo bad.

[RaskyR1]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

Absolutely fantastic!! I want one of those cars sooooo bad.

Well you know they are both for sale.....


Thanks Mike!

[Zuke]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

Amazing work once agian, Now all we need is Rasky on the WEST COAST

[woblynne]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

That is fantastic, great to see the classics given a new lease of life (although I am a little biased towards classics!!!)

Mark

[RaskyR1]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

Amazing work once agian, Now all we need is Rasky on the WEST COAST

Thanks Zuke!

That is fantastic, great to see the classics given a new lease of life (although I am a little biased towards classics!!!)

Mark

Thanks Mark!

I love the classics as well.

What make of car is that in your Avatar? Looks like a nice little car!

[Sandstone]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

WOW !!! I'll be sure to show my wife these pics so she won't think I'm a perfectionist. Truly awesome work

[woblynne]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

What make of car is that in your Avatar? Looks like a nice little car!


Hi, its an MG Midget and little is the operative word!!!!

see http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31745 for more pics.

Mark

[Underdawg736]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

WOW......just WOW!




It must be an amazing feeling to be able to restore and detail a piece of history such as this car here.
Rasky with a lack of better words.....YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

by the way, how much does one of them bad boy's cost?

[RaskyR1]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

WOW !!! I'll be sure to show my wife these pics so she won't think I'm a perfectionist. Truly awesome work

LOL....we are all perfectionist around here!

WOW......just WOW!




It must be an amazing feeling to be able to restore and detail a piece of history such as this car here.
Rasky with a lack of better words.....YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

by the way, how much does one of them bad boy's cost?

Thanks Dawg!


Fully restored if seen them listed from $40k to $70K. I think he was hoping to get $20-$25k for the red one.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

LOL....we are all perfectionist around here!


Thanks Dawg!


Fully restored if seen them listed from $40k to $70K. I think he was hoping to get $20-$25k for the red one.

A couple of gorgeously restored examples sold at Barrett Jackson in West Palm Beach back in April for a bit over $100,000 each. These were both stunning examples, absolutely flawless in every way.

[Underdawg736]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

That's alot of fluff! If I ever win the powerball I just may add one of these beauties to my list of cars to get. Again great job Rasky, I'm sure the detail alone added several thousand to the value!

[RaskyR1]

Re: 1963 Austin Healey 3000 MKII (mini restoration)

A couple of gorgeously restored examples sold at Barrett Jackson in West Palm Beach back in April for a bit over $100,000 each. These were both stunning examples, absolutely flawless in every way.

Nice!

What hurts the value of the red one is the fact that the motor is still original and doesn't look as nice as the rest of the car. The second one I'm doing has been rebuilt and painted...though I feel they could have done a better job on the painting. I'm sure he can still get $20-25K for the red one though.

Heck, someone wants $12.5k for this one!!!