GULFPORT, Mississippi -- One look at the 1964 Austin Healey 3000 harkens images of the jet-set days of the 1960's.

Sleek and fast, the Austin Healey 3000 was a mainstay on the major racing circuits of the day, including Sebring and LeMans.

The 1964 Austin Healey on display at Centennial Park in Gulfport Monday during Cruisin' the Coast belongs to Peter and Melissa Brauen of Kiln, Miss. Unfortunately, they were nowhere around the car to speak with, but here's what we know:

The car belonging to the Brauens is the Mark III, which was launched in 1963 and continued to be produced until production of Austin Healeys ended in 1967. The 3000 is considered the most successful of the "big Healeys," as they were known.

It has a 150 horsepower engine and improvements in the Mark III from earlier Austin Healeys included a new camshaft and valve springs and twin SU 2" carburetors, along with a newly-designed exhaust system.

Servo-assisted brakes, previously an option on Austin Healeys, were standard equipment on the Mark III. Only 2+2 models were produced and options were similar to the Mark II, with the primary difference the standard interior trim was Ambla vinyl. Leather, however, was added to the list of options.

There were 17,712 Austin Healey 3000 Mark III's produced.