So having read my post about One For The Road, and having watched said show for yourselves, now is the time for y’all to pick the dream sports car of your youth to retrace the steps of Clarkson, May and Hammond as they drove across Zimbabwe.
As I pointed out in the post, these were the cars they chose:
Hammond: Ford Capri
May: Triumph Stag
Clarkson: Lancia Monte Carlo
…and highly interesting choices they were, too.
My choice is this:
1967 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII BJ8, 2.9-liter inline 6:
My only “modifications” would be:
- to get it in its original right-hand drive configuration, as Zimbabwe (like all ex-Empire countries) drives on the left-hand side of the road
- to replace the twin carburetors with the Lucas mechanical fuel injection system
- and to fit a modern aluminum (aluminium?) radiator in place of its original (and inadequate) British leak-bucket. I’d be driving in Africa, not Britain.
The more I look at the Healey, the more it makes my loins twitch and causes parts of me to move in an outward direction. I have also had the privilege of having been driven in one many times as a boy, because my mother once owned like the one above, and she took me to and from primary school every day for about a year. What a beautiful car it was, and what an experience withal.
And in Comments, your choice, with reasons.