Do you know if any changes were made to the type of wood veneer used? I have a 1964 built 3000 which has burled walnut veneer. I had thought they discontinued this relatively quickly because of the expense. Any idea if this is true and when the change was made?
The English are total smicks sometimes; given the size of the engine cavity, the only thing that made sense was to simply install a Chevy 283 (or larger) small block. In the late 50's in Calif. tons of guys realized that the only move was to ash can the weak tea bag stock engine and to drop on a chevy with a radical cam and like six carbs, set the engine back as much as possible and blast off at the nearest strip or stop light!!!
Cool! My first car was an Austin Healy 100-4! By 1960 I traded it in for a Healy 3000 in red, carried 4! Auto-crossed this car, very nimble with good horsepower. Thanks for a great presentation for a wonderful sports car. Went on to autocross Porsches then on to the Historic Car Races through out California, Oregon and Washington until 1984.....Laguna Seca was a fun track before it was changed. We owned racing Porsches speedsters, and one 1960 Porsche Carrera Abarth.
Thanks for the history lesson Geoff. They sure did a lot of changes throughout the production years. Cheers
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Do you know if any changes were made to the type of wood veneer used? I have a 1964 built 3000 which has burled walnut veneer. I had thought they discontinued this relatively quickly because of the expense. Any idea if this is true and when the change was made?
The English are total smicks sometimes; given the size of the engine cavity, the only thing that made sense was to simply install a Chevy 283
(or larger) small block. In the late 50's in Calif. tons of guys realized that the only move was to ash can the
weak tea bag stock engine and to drop on a chevy with
a radical cam and like six carbs, set the engine back
as much as possible and
blast off at the nearest strip or stop light!!!
Cool! My first car was an Austin Healy 100-4! By 1960 I traded it in for a Healy 3000 in red, carried 4! Auto-crossed this car, very nimble with good horsepower. Thanks for a great presentation for a wonderful sports car. Went on to autocross Porsches then on to the Historic Car Races through out California, Oregon and Washington until 1984.....Laguna Seca was a fun track before it was changed. We owned racing Porsches speedsters, and one 1960 Porsche Carrera Abarth.