When I pulled into the
Old Mill Bakery Café yesterday morning
I spotted this restored
1961 Austin Healey 3000 in the parking lot. At an
outside table nearby I spotted John Bassett, the owner of
Carpe Vinum on
Main Street in
Ellicott City. John introduced me to cars owner, Gary
Hemphill.
Gary
told me he bought the car in 1971 for $350. “It was actually in pretty good
shape with the exception of the interior,” he told me. He finished the
restoration in 1972. Today this car could
easily sell
for over $80,000.
Gary
owns a few other
classic cars as well. It turns out that he is the owner of the
Morris Minor 1000 I saw in almost the exact same parking space back in June.
