1960 Austin-Healey 3000 Competition

by Gary Anderson

In preparation for the 1960 Sebring 12-Hours World Championship-qualifying race, the Donald Healey Motor Car Company’s experimental workshop at The Cape, Warwick, transported the 3000 competition coupe to the team’s Sebring base at Murphy’s Garage, Avon Park, Florida. The car offered here, UJB141, carried race number 19 and to aid in the identification from the pits, 141 was painted with a single white racing stripe. On March 26, 1960 John Colgate took the start at 10:00 a.m. in 141 and by 1:00 p.m., lay third in class trailing its sister car 143 and the winning Ferrari. Around 1:40 p.m., Colgate brought the car in to hand it over to Fred Spross, who within a few laps struck a buried tire marker with his right rear wheel, by going too far wide in the Esses and rolled the car sideways in soft sand. The outer panels were dented and slight damage was done to the inner body. All of the lamps were untouched. It marked 141’s end to its competitive run. After the...