Austin Healey Frogeye 1958, All Steel Bodywork For Sale

Austin Healey Frogeye 1958, All Steel Bodywork (No fibreglass!) Original UK Home Market Car.
Old English White, MOT & Tax Exempt.

Good Points:-

Pretty looking original UK RHD Frogeye.
The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate confirms it is a Austin Healey Sprite Mark I, original RHD Home Market car in it’s current Old English White colour. It was built on 24th November 1958 (first year of production) so it is a pretty rare early car. It was despatched to Thos. Greenwood Sons Limited, Halifax, Yorkshire on the 4th December 1958.

There is a copy of the original sales receipt from Thos. Greenwood Sons Limited to Messrs Dubarry Cleaners, Halifax on the 19th Deccember 1958 which is a lovely little piece of history.

Good history file with quite a lot of history, with MOT’s dating back to 1982.

Significant money spent on a restoration in 1999 to HMG Classic Car Specialists.

Period black leather seats piped in white.

Front bumper.

Original ‘All Steel’ UK Homemarket car.

Bad Points:-

When I bought it, it had been dry stored in a private garage for some years. I took it to a ‘newly introduced’ local mechanic (as I have no mechanical expertise) and it was there for months. He charged me an absolute fortune and I brought it home. I went to it the next day and this is where I fell out of love for it. Everything was completely wrong. No brakes, running hurrendously and I felt sick. I took it to another garage and they replaced all the brake cylinders and although it is still on the original drum brakes, it stops nicely now. They also had a fiddle with the Stromberg carburetor and got it running ‘ok,’ but by their own admission, they didn’t really know what they were doing. I brought it home again, drove it for a while and then again, came back to it and it was running like a ‘pig.’ Apologies to be frank, I’m being as honest as possible to manage any prospective buyers’ expectations. It is fitted with a later 1275cc engine and as advised by the second garage, it should not have the Stromberg’s fitted. So, that’s why it is for sale, at the price it is, because I have fallen out of love with it. (I must add, I still look at the car and fall in love with it, more the hate I feel for the first mechanic that has absolutely ripped me off for messing the car up). So I am at a cross roads, is the car not running now because it is an easy fix (dirty petrol, I have wet the plugs and the Strombergs need probably setting up, or is the engine completely shot and it needs replacing?! Please assume the worst, hence the advertised price). I have decided to advertise it to see if there is any interest before I throw some more money at it. My inclination is to replace the engine with an original 998cc engine and get it put onto the right carbs but in the heat of the moment, I have decided to advertise it first before I throw more money at it. I must add, I have a video (which I can send via Whattsapp) of the car running (when it was ‘ok’) and I have driven it, so I know the gearbox, brakes, ignition, lights etc all work. As I said before, I’m just trying to manage expectations, it could be a quick £50 DIY fix or a replacement engine, but please assume the worst, hence the price. I don’t want any clever DIY mechanics trying to fix it on my drive to drive it home either as it is not sold with a warranty.

Finally, the body looks good, but under the arches, where it has been restored in the past, they have tried to ‘body colour’ the arches and floors. It looks completely ‘naff’ and ‘amateur.’ It isn’t covering anything up as it is solid, it just looks rubbish. Also the near side of the front bonnet just need realigning and bringing back a little closer to the bulkhead for a better panel fit. Just trying to manage expectations again.

U. K delivery available subject to cost.

(IF I DO NOT ANSWER THE TELEPHONE, PLEASE LEAVE ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL ALWAYS RETURN YOUR PHONE CALL).

£11, 995 (or near offer)

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