Restomod Healey (Meh)

[roscoe]

I just saw this. Nothing bad to say about it.....well, except for butchering the grill. My opinion is there was no way to improve that particular feature. It all sounds pretty nice until you see the price. Good gawd.

Austin Healey Returns As Ultra-Expensive Restomod Packing 185 HP

British shop Caton has revived the Austin Healey for a limited-run project of 25 hand-built cars, each priced at a staggering $616,000.

www.motor1.com

 

[Editor_Reid]

I like everything but the things they changed. Meh.

 

[Healey Nut]

The grill is wrong , those headlights are just weird and the price is out to lunch ……other than that

 

[LarryK]

Grille and headlights look like it is ready for another CARS movie.

 

[nevets]

For what it costs (a lot) I imagine you could buy a pretty nice example of the real thing.

 

[LarryK]

More than one! Saw prime examples on Mecum Auctions for $110K each.

 

[twas_brillig]

Umm: $616k, plus the donor car, which presumably has to be in decent structural shape to start with. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... Doug

 

[bdcvg]

Wheels are cool against a dark paint job. Why would They position the steering wheel so driver can't see the gauges?