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Let loose - Austin-Healey 3000 Rally in a (historical) driving report

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Created on August 9, 1965

Reading time 8min

Written by:

David Phipps

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III (1965) - erfolgreich im Rallye-Sport

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Rally (1964) – reichlich geschundener Werkswagen

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Rally (1964) – Kofferraumhaube mit Wölbung für ein zusätzliches Reserverad

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Rally (1964) – Scheibenbremsen hinter Drahtspeichenrädern

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Rally (1964) – Cockpit mit Lederlenkrad und zusätzlichen Instrumenten und Schaltern

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Rally (1964) – auf über 200 PS erstarkter Motor mit drei Weber-Vergsern

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk I Works Rally (1959)

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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk I Works Rally (1959)

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Summary

Rally driver Pat Moss nicknamed her Austin-Healey 3000 "the pig". This is because the factory rally car was even faster, louder and more nervous than the production model on sale. This historical driving report makes it clear what distinguishes a sports car from a racing car.

This article contains the following chapters

Agitator for those in a hurry
Lots of light, lots of noise
Desirable improvement
Technical data & measurements

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

n the spring of 1964 I wrote a review of the Austin-Healey 3000 and felt obliged to criticize its road holding and directional stability. Soon afterwards it became known that the rear suspension had undergone a major change. The semi-elliptic springs had been softened, and their task of absorbing lateral forces had been aided by the installation of push rods. I drove a car equipped in this way, but I only noticed minor improvements in its behavior. Particularly in the wet, the rear end skidded quite sensitively due to the torque reaction if you took the throttle off after a good acceleration, as is sometimes necessary in traffic.

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